COAL DISPUTE
BEST METHOD OF SETTLE-
MENT
GENERAL STRIKE ADVOCATED
Sydney, June 18.
Mr. T. Atkins, secretary of the Englnedrivers and Firemen’s Association, stated that members of his organisation were still of opinion that a general strike was the best method of settling the dispute in the Interests of the employees. The enginedrivers would continue their agitation for the adoption by the combined unions of an “all out” policy.
EVIDENCE BEFORE COMMISSION
PARLOUS POSITION OF INDUSTRY
(Rec. June 18, 9 p.m.)
Sydney, June 18.
At Newcastle evidence of the present parlous position of the coal industry and the causes leading thereto was given by Charles McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, before the Coal Commission to-day. McDonald traversed the successive increases in wages and the selling price of coal between 1916 and 1925. His evidence contained many references to strikes, intermittency of employment, and steady loss of trade due to this cause. The inquiry was adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 225, 19 June 1929, Page 11
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157COAL DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 225, 19 June 1929, Page 11
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