THE COLLIERY DISPUTE.
Per Press Association. Westport, Friday, the present position at Denniston is that the management has called upon the union to observe the provisions of the Court's award, the offers of compromise (that have been refused) being now withdrawn.
A simple arrangement regarding working hours has been mutually arranged at the AAestport Coal Company's second colliery at tiranity. The men employed on the front shift commence work' at 8 a.m. and cease at 3 p.m. -The back shift men start at 4 p.ln. and cease at 11 p.m. Twenty minutes in each shift is allowed as "crib" time. Thus the actual time of work is six hours forty minutes. The time occupied in walking Irom the mine entrance to the working places varies considerably.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 301, 21 December 1907, Page 2
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126THE COLLIERY DISPUTE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 301, 21 December 1907, Page 2
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