MINERS’ DISPUTE
Conference in New South Wales Adjourned (Received August 4, 12.45 a.m.) Sydney, August 3. The coal conference was adjourned until Tuesday next to enable the mine owners to consult the individual proprietors upon the wage proposals of the miners’ delegates. These include the restoration of 10 per cent, of the 12} per cent, wage cut imposed in 19v0 and an increase of 5 per cent, in the wages of the "off hands.” The miners’ council will meet tomorrow to decide whether the sectional strikes now in operation in the Broken Hill. and. other pits shall be discontinued i>ending the outcome of the present negotiations. It is reliably reported that the miners’ council will also complete a plan for a general strike in the event of a collapse of the negotiations. (Earlier message on page 9.)
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 264, 4 August 1937, Page 5
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