COAL INDUSTRY
MINISTER'S HOPES
A FURTHER CONFERENCE
(By Telegraph— Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
"It is absolutely essential that the utmost co-operation should prevail in the coal-mining industry if it is to maintain its place in the industrial life of the community," said the Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) this morning, when announcing that he had arranged a further conference between the Coal Mine Owners' Association and the Miners' Federation for the purpose of reopening negotiations for a new industrial agreement. The Minister said the conference would be held in Auckland on Tuesday next, and he was hopeful that a satisfactory settlement would be arrived at.
"There is a strong demand in some quarters for the importation of coal from overseas," said Mr. Webb. "This should be resisted to the fullest extent; but, failing the local coal industry producing the country's requirements, there will be no alternative but to import coal essential for our economic requirements."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 10
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