MINING DISPUTE.
OWNERS INTEND SOME ADVANCE CONFERENCE HELD TO-DAY. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 6. The meeting of the National Executive of the Mine Owners’ Federation, which was adjourned from before Christmas till to-day, has been further adjourned till after the conference between the miners and representatives of the owners on Wednesday. The owners have undertaken to give detailed particulars of an offer previously communicated to the men’s representatives in general terms, in response to the miners’ claim for a wages advance. The owners have been negotiating with various categories of large-scale consumers whose supplies are governed b.v long-term contracts, with a view to obtaining higher prices for coal to enable them to advance wages. . The- result of these negotiations, and the advances they will make possible, will be announced to union representatives at the meeting on Wednesday.— British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 73, 8 January 1936, Page 5
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