LABOUR, ETC.
Sydney, Dec. 16,
An understanding has been arrived at between the owners of the northern collieries and the men as to the rates of pay for hewing. It has been agreed that when the selling price of coal" is Ss ? the hewing rate shall be 2s lOd, with a sliding scale of Id on each rise of 3d in the gelling price, Melbourne, Dec. 16.
The Minister of Lands has received a communication from an association formed in Adelaide to establish a cooperative settlement on the lines of the “.New Australia” colony in Paraguay. The association ask the Victorian Government whether they will grant 100,000 acres, with the right of enlarging it to 250,000 acres, for the purpose of forming a settlement, and if the laud laws of the colony do not allow them to take up laud whether tne Government will, grant it on the perpetual lease system. The Minister has replied to the association, stating that there is no area suitable for their purpose available in Victoria, He also asks them for further details regarding the objects of the association.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2596, 19 December 1893, Page 4
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184LABOUR, ETC. Temuka Leader, Issue 2596, 19 December 1893, Page 4
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