LABOR DISPUTES.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Thames, last night.
At the Conciliation Court evidence was given by Mr O’Keefe, ex-President of the Union, to the effect that in three years the Union disbursed nearly four thousand pounds out of the funds to miners meeting with accident. He stated that it was unfair that the companies should have the power of terminating the contract each, month if the price was too high. He approved of the present demands, and said that Union wages, if agreed to, would (five a decided impetus to mining, because better men would be available, and this would lead to the introduction of further ■capital. ,
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 104, 11 May 1901, Page 1
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