COAL INDUSTRY

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1928, Page 2

COAL INDUSTRY

DISPUTE AT HIKURANGI (Press Association.) WHANGAREI, Sept. 26. A strike occurred at Hikurangi mine yesterday, owing to some miners being delayed through the non-return of the “skips.” Ten men were involved. The management were requested to pay waiting time. This request met with an emphatic refusal'. The rest i of the miners then walked out of the mine. . A deputation from the Miners’ Union waited on the mine manager this afternoon to request that in any similar case in future the men be allowed to come up on top, instead of being detained below. It is expected that the trouble will be of short duration. MR HUNTER RESIGNS. CHRISTCHURCH, September 29. Councillor George Hunter, a Labour member of the City Council, has resigned as the result of the firm in which he is partner, having sold coal to the Council through a third party. The Audit Department considers it only a technical breach. FUEL CONFERENCE (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, September 25. Sir P. Cunliffe Lister, at a banquet in connection with the World Fuel Conference expressed the opinion that there is a great future for pulverised coal. He emphasised that the interests of the coal producer and the consumer were practically identical. He said <that under-cutting should be stopped. He stressed the importance of progressive industry in industrial areas, and announced an inquiry into the use of coke gas for power purposes would be made. The Government was considering a network of gas mains to supply gas for industrial purposes throughout an area extending from Leeds to Liverpool. N.S.W. PRICE REDUCTION. SYDNEY, September 27. The coal owners have accepted the Government’s proposal for a remission of a shilling a ton in the sellingprice of coal, as their contribution towards a rehabilitation of the coal industry.