COALMINES CRISIS.
■11. .. — ■ %, — OUTLOOK MORE HOPEFUL TRADE UNION OPINION HARDENING AGAINST STRIKE. (Bj- Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received II a.m.) LONDON, August 27. Though the first ballots by sweepuig ' majorities favour a coal strike, the crisis has entered a more hopeful phase. Trade : union opinion generally is hardening j against a strike. It is pointed out that I if a pound a week be paid to miners the ■ strike pay funds would be exhausted in three weeks. Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., urges that the issue between the miners and the Government is not really nationalisation, but wages, which are affected by the increased most of living. He adds that this is n negotiable proposition.— I (A. and N.Z. Cable.) DANGER PAST IN SYDNEY. j FEAR OF UPHEAVAL GONE. j ("Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. j Although the Coal Tribunal has not i reached finality in the dispute, a conciliatory spirit is now apparent, and th"re appears to be no danger of nn upheaval in the industry.—A. and iN.Z.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 7
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