THE ONLY SOLUTION
NEW SOUTH WALES MINES
ME. KIBBLE'S EEPOET
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SYDNEY, 14th November.
' Mr. Charles Hibble, chairman of the compulsory coal conference, reporting to-day on the failure of negotiations, declared that the only solution was the acceptance by the men of a shilling a ton reduction in wages on costs collectively spread over the whole of contracts and "off-hand" employees, the actual incidence of which was a matter for the parties. He added that it was quite impossible for the mines to function further under the present conditions without a substantial tangible reduction in the selling price of coal. "I am convinced that this is really the only way out. The coal oVners are willing to forego a shilling a ton, while the State Government is prepared to bear two shillings for haulage. I hope the men will resume shortly and that the greatly-increased volume of trade occasioned by price reduction will be an advantage to all concerned."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 119, 15 November 1929, Page 11
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165THE ONLY SOLUTION Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 119, 15 November 1929, Page 11
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