COALFIELDS DISPUTE
PROSPECT OF SETTLEMENT
(United Press Association.—Copyright) SYDNEY, 16th March.
• The Minister of Mines anticipates that the coalfields,dispute will end tomorrow, under the amended Mines Regulations Act. Deputies alleged that it was impossible thoroughly to discharge their duties within the statutory hours, consequently when miners reported for work they were unable to start, because the inspections were not complete. To meet this position the new regulations were drafted. The inspectors are now instructed to visit the mines and re-allot to the deputies such districts as they can thoroughly inspect within the statutory time.
As a result of the deputies trouble on the Maitland coalfields, nearly -a dozen overseas and'other, vessels, particularly those engaged in. the coal trade, are tied up in Sydney. About 700 seamen are idle. This is in addi1' n to nearly 10,000 colliery employees.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9
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138COALFIELDS DISPUTE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9
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