COAL STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 138, 13 June 1932, Page 5

COAL STRIKE.

HUNTLY MASS MEETING. MINERS STANDING FIRM. BUSINESS PEOPLE'S APPEAL, ANOTHER CONFERENCE URGED. (By Telegraph.—Special to •'Star. , ') HUNTLY, this day. Urgent representations have been made to the Government by the business people of Huntly asking that a further conference between the miners and coalmine owners should be held immediately. Telegrams were sent to the Minister of Mines by the Huntly Borough Council and the Huntly Business Men's Association asking the Government to force a conference.

A mass meeting of close on 400 miners was held this morning, when the reply to the business men's representations was discusseu. The Minister's telegram read: "Am repeating your representations to the secretary of the Coal Mine Owners' Association, and suggest you advise local Miners' Union to apply to the Owners' Association direct."

Although no resolution was passed at the miners' meeting this morning, it was announced that the men were determined to stand out, and that they would continue to refuse the owners' terms.

The men were paid a fortnight's wages on Friday, so that unless there is a move on the part of the owners it is expected that the deadlock will continue. Even at the end of a fortnight it is understood that the union will have sufficient funds to hold out for some time.

Meetings of men who work in the Rotowaro and Renown mines are to be held later >i the day, and a further meeting will be held at Pukemiro to-morrow morning.

Business people in Huntly are complaining that the strike lias considerably affected trade.