BROKEN HILL TROUBLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 41, 13 March 1909, Page 2

BROKEN HILL TROUBLE.

.II.UCK'S AWARD. J!i:*KI\'KIJ WITH .SATISFACTION. Received 12, "J.IU p.m. Melbourne, March 12. Judge ilhjgiiis occupied two hours to deliwriug tin- jirliili'iitiiiii award in the Broken Hill dispute, (ircat interest wiu> shown, tin' Court being crowded. Jluniug lii- award mi tin' deduction thai tlie nisi ill living was ,12 1» 5d oa the Barrier ami It 2s ll'/jil at I'ort Pirie, Judge lixi'il tin' iiiiiiiiniim wage for unskilicd labor on Hie Harrier at 8s 7'/jJ ami at I'ort I'irii' 8s ;id, ami miners at Imtli places at ills per day for 48 hours I a week. The award, which lusts till ISlltl, leaves the contract system at present in operation untouched. Keceived 12. 11.38 p.m. | Sydney, March 12. I The award upholds the'claims for increased wall's, hut makes no order as to the mining: companies continuing operations. hi the course of his judgment, Judge llijj«iiiß -saitl he fully recognised the terI rilile nature of the catastrophe that 1 would he caused if the Proprietary Company stopped working. He rccog-' nised to the full his responsibility m the matter, hut, according to the general manager, the company' had not " wore than two year* and n-half of full r work before it. ' If such a catastrophe s did not happen to-day it was bound to ' happen very soon. " Business men and miners on the Barlf rier express satisfaction with the award, but there is some fear that some )' of the men of the big mine will not rec" sunie. operations.