THE MAITLAND DISPUTE.
A MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
SYDNEY, June 6. The Hon. J. Estell, Minister of Labour replying to a question in the Assembly, said he had no intention of calling a compulsory .conference to deal with the present coal difficulty. Personally, he had always been against the afternoon shift, which gave the proprietors a ccr-tai-j monopoly when the coal trade wae in a flourishing condition, but he still maintained that tha Jaw xaust bo observed.
MINERS AND PARLIAMENT. 'LONDON, June a. Tho Miners , Federation adopted th« e~c< itivo's ivcornir.c-u&atxm t-ha-fc additional miners' Parliamentary candidates ehoiiid bu limited to ten, but aSdw? a condition that any miners' cantuliate approved by his district should receive {.ho executive's endom>tnent without its incurring c-ny iin»nc;al responsibility, provided the Labour Party adopted him as a candidate.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14988, 8 June 1914, Page 7
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