STATE'S TURN NOW
TAKING OVER COLLIERIES
VOLUNTEER LABOUR
(Received 15th November, 10 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. The Coal Conference having failed to reach an agreement, it is now the intention of the State Government to take over three collieries in the Maitland district and to win coal for essential services. It is estimated that coal from these collieries will be sold at about 21s (3d per ton. Negotiations are in progress for taking over by the Government of several other mines.
The three collieries to be opened are Cessnock, Peltor, and Rothbury. The Government is confident that there will be no lack of volunteers. All preparations have been made to give them protection.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 119, 15 November 1929, Page 11
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113STATE'S TURN NOW Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 119, 15 November 1929, Page 11
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