DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

COUPLE’S DEATH. (By. Telegraph—r Per Press > Association) AUCKLAND, October . 21. Arthur Julian Rusden, aged 58, compositor on' the Auckland “Star’s” staff, died to-dav, and to-morrow .will be buried with his wife, who died bn Monday, . COAL MINER’S UNION. WELLINGTON'. October 3 n, ■i Wlmt .he termed' nn-unsitisfuctory position a® regards ; the industrial agreements with the Coal Miners’ Union was'pressed, by .Mr Holgate in his presidential address to the annual meeting of the Coal Min,e Owners’ Association. He also said that, from the owners point of view, the industry had been most unsatigfactroy.. The majority of the companies losing money, which, if 4t continued,-*would obviously ,mea.n that ®orue ofthe,mines would have to. close down. J phlqf factor, they had to contend with the high cost of; production. .under .the existing working .conditions,,as. various Union® had .refused to, sign agreements, the time was, opportune - tp ipsist ;Qn fresh agreements more reasonable working conditions! in the intersets- of the ooal mining . industry. > The. Arbitration Act needed to. be extensively amended; .or else .abolished. Eve-ry effort should be.'made to] induce the - Government to move in this matter.