NEW SOUTH WALES COAL TROUBLE
•MINERS’ REPRESENTATIVES MEET PREMIER ABORTIVE CONFERENCE Australian Press Association. (Rec. October 2, 8 p.m.) Sydney, October 2. The Premier (Mr. T. R. Bavin) met the miners’ representatives to-day, and had a discussion on the Coal Commission’s findings. Mr. Bavin expressed the hope that the miners’ representatives would arange to meet the owners in conference, gravely emphasising that the position was rapidly becoming critical, and unless something were done Immediately Important public services would close. The miners’ representatives argued with Mr. Bavin, questioning the basis of the Commission’s findings. Finally ’declaring they were not prepared to accept any reduction in wages, they left the room without committing themselves to a further conference with the owners before next Tuesday.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 7, 3 October 1929, Page 11
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