AUSTRALIAN COALFIELDS
THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE
NO PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT. Press Assndati mi— Bv telegraph-f'opvright Australian and N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY, May .31. (Received May 31, at, IB a..ni.) Owing to Hie shortage ol coal the inter-State passenger steamers Katnnmha and Zcainndia will be laid up when they reach Sydney. The Queensland passenger services will lie continued on a limited scale, the steamers being able to secure bunkers at Brisbane. Additional cargo steamers are also being laid up. There is no apparent prospect, of an earlv settlement of the coal trouble. Both sides are standing firm. The Miners’ Delegate Board meets to-morrow, and the Engine Drivers’ executive is to meet daily till the dispute ends.
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Evening Star, Issue 19263, 31 May 1926, Page 5
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114AUSTRALIAN COALFIELDS Evening Star, Issue 19263, 31 May 1926, Page 5
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