THE MINING TROUBLE.
LITTLE PROGRESS. By Telergaph Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 14. A telegram received from the Premier states: —The tefms of the Government Accident Insurance Department were fixed before I wired the mine-owners on the West C)ast. j There is no difficulty in this respect. I am unable to understand why in view of the fact that the Government has undertaken that the Accident Insurance Department should effect insurances for pneumoconiosis there should be any further deiav on the part of mine-owners to end the trouble. I have wired them further on the matter this afternoon and the responsibility is on the owners', I have given instructions for an Ordercontaining the Government accident insurance rates to be published in to-day's (Thursday's) Gazette. THAMES, January 14. A meeting of the Thames Miners' Union made very little progress towards a solution of the present difficulty. There was very little to report for the reason that no replies had been received to telegrams except that from the Minister for Mines. Since the meeting a reply has been received from the Premier that Gazette notices will be published at once. He explained that the Government had ottered to take risks or to indemnify the State Insurance Department against loss. This was about as far as they could go at present. DIFFICULTY SETTLED. MINERS WILL RESUME WORK TO-DAY. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. TiMARU, January 14. Interviewed here this evening, the Premier sad: ''l have received advice that the difficulty regarding the Northern coal mines has been settled, and that the owners have accepted the Government Accident Insurance Department's cover, and that the miners will resume work tomorrow." DUNEDIN, January 14. The miners at the Golden Point, Gold and Tungsten Mines at Macrae's Flat, numbering 24, have submitted themselves to medical examination, and all have passed. It is stated that the men raised no objection to submitting themselves to examination.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3093, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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315THE MINING TROUBLE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3093, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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