COAL STRIKE.
EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS. MINISTER WII/L NOT INTERVENE. "NO JUSTIFICATION FOR STRIKE." (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ( WELLINGTON, this day. In reply to his telegram of yesterday the Minister of Mines, the Hon. C. E. Macmillan, lias received from Mr. W. Purdy, secretary of the West Coast Miners' District Council, a telegram to tlio effect that the present dispute is national in character and suggesting that the only solution is an unconditional conference, and requesting the Minister to assist in arranging such a conference. The Minister has replied: —"As in my opinion there was no justification for striking, and as the matter of a conference is solely one between the coal owners and the coal workers' unions, I am not prepared to intervene at present."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 139, 14 June 1932, Page 9
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124COAL STRIKE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 139, 14 June 1932, Page 9
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