THE HUNTLY MINE.
MINERS CLAIM BIGGER WAGE. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Huntly Coal Miners Onion have made representation* to the Taupin Coal' Mine*, Ltd., for a reconsideration of the wages scale, owing to the altered conditions of work now prevailing. The men explain that using safety lamps, and handicapped by the new system of Wasting, it is net possible ta make a living wage under tho terms of tie existing agreement. Thiey cliaim also that the union which waa party to this agreement was a union of only a posse, whereas the union now includes tibie main body of the miners. The scale •proposed by the union provides for a general increase all round ,with provision for a sliding scale in different bords;
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 28 November 1914, Page 4
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127THE HUNTLY MINE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 28 November 1914, Page 4
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