WEST COAST
Commenting at the Wostpoi t Harbour 80-ard meeting on the infcroase in the pj ice of ooal local l.\. Mr Foster, president of the Miners' Union, and a member of tho board, said the increase appealed to be associated with the bank-to-bank legislation, but so far as that was concerned the increase was a-bsoluich unwarranted. Mr Cohin, M.P.. staled that the mines were now turning out more coal than ever.
The Hokitika, Greymouth, Reef ton, Denniston. Milleiton, and Westpqrt Volunteers hold an encampment here at Easter.
The Millerton Coal Miners' Union appro\es of the Waikato Union's scheme of federation of unions.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 25
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103WEST COAST Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 25
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