THE COAL CRISIS.
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(Keceived 28, 10.55 a.m.)
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Hopes of settlement prevailed durj^ate.s, but up to i-he present (hose hopes have not been realised.
The .Premier, in the House of Comnions, said he was unable to make a statement. There have been many conferences with the .Premier, iirst by one sid-u and then ilie other. A conference between lnini'oter.s, diners and miners is still sittinir. IJcside-s 2000 who struck yesterday' an additional 22,000 struck today in l;erb\ shirt', besides several thousands iv South 'Yorkshire, l-'.ighi thousand in "Nottinghamshire iwive struck.
Ten thousand men in Warwickshire where the minimum wage already prevails, are balloting1 whether they y\'\\\ (tl)ey orders to strike,
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5775, 28 February 1912, Page 5
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