CHANCE FOR CHEAP COAL
IMPORTS FROM N.S.W,
WEST COAST MINERS ALARMED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WESTPORT, This Day
A meeting' of the Bullcr Labour Representation Committee held in Westport on Saturday passed the following resolution unanimously and it was ordered to be sent to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Mines:—
"That in view of the termination of the lockout on the northern coal fields of New South Wales, involving reductions in miners' wages, and also in view of the subsidy of 3s 3d a ton to bo paid to exporters of Australian coal to New Zealand, and the consequent possibility of the New Zealand market being flooded with Australian coal at dumping prices, the Government be urged to give effect to its promises to safeguard the coal industry of this country. In this respect this meeting further urges that since coal production is so essentially a New Zealand industr}', the policy should be adopted of ensuring that all coal required for use here shall be produced from the coal mines of the Dominion."
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 133, 9 June 1930, Page 11
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174CHANCE FOR CHEAP COAL Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 133, 9 June 1930, Page 11
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