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MINERS y AT:;. CESSNO.GK
SENIORITY QUESTION
.' A .decision ..reached at Cessnock: by the Miners' Central. Council, which, in .effect,'upsets the decision.of the Newcastle Bank and Mlo Conference on the seniority queation, has almost caused a hold-up of tho three. Aberdare mines in the Cessnock says the "Sydney •sun." v ;• v:..■: ■;■■, :y;, •-./.■..-.■..
A Combined meeting'•'of- -the 'three lodges, has sat for four, hours debating all sides of this, question.;: '■; ''•'. , .
Although a section of the men were' anxious to throvy the, pits idle until tho .matter, was adjusted to their satisfaction, better counsels prevailed, and the combined'meeting;/decided that' each; lodge separately shouM appoint delegates; to a committee which will draw up ;a,report, and'<subinit a reicommendatiou to be. considered;;by a, further; combined' meeting of, three lodges.
In the ■ meantime, the pits will continue working, but the men involved in the,"seniority .grievance—about' 30-f----will remain away.'"'.'.'. ': '.. .; .; • .■:
'•. The dispute centre's round the action of tho Miners' Central Council,'.which upheld the1 appeals of men who were, by1 the Kank; and Pile Conference, deprived, of their seniority because, they accepted work in «the : Southern and Western , districts: during..the ;mine trouble; ;\^' ■:"■'■ :;.:■■■■-•■;■; .^:: '.■/■' <■*';'
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 11
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