LABOUR TROUBLES.
NEWCASTLE COLLIERY DISPUTE,
BY ELEOTBIO TELEQEIPH— COPIEIGHT.
PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. (Received March 13, 9.20 a,.m. ) Sydney, March 13. Af, tho conference ot colliery proprietors of the Newcastle district aud tho Employers' Federation, the proprietors insisted that iho Federation give- a monetary bond against stoppages., which tho men declined, the proprietors then suggested that local agreements be allowed, to which the men objected. The conference ended without result. The position is not bright. (Received March 13, 10.25 a.m.) Tie i o % dne y> March 13. . llio bydnoy Gas Employees' Council accepted the companies' offer to cancel tho part of the agreement relating to wages, so that the men may eomo before tho Wages Board without further delay to have the matter settled by the Court or Wages Board.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2024, 13 March 1913, Page 2
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