N.S.W. COAL MINERS
agreement opposed. (By Cable —Press Assn. —Copyright.) SYDNEY, December 4. Meetings of the miners on the Northern Coalfields in order to discuss the terms for the settlement of the coal dispute will be held during the week-end. ‘ . The Union delegates to the recent conference are strongly urging ie Union’s acceptance of terms, but there is considerable hostility in some quarters, and an attempt will be made by the militants to have the terms re'i 6 There was a significant development to-day at Lithgow, where the miners, at a mass meetings unanimously rejected the terms, and also pledged themselves to fight any kind of wage reduction to the bitter end. The posi tion, therefore, is still in the balance. SCOTTISH TRAGEDY.
LONDON, December 4. There was a poignant tragedy at the Viewpoint Colliery, in Lanarkshire, when two men were buried by a fall of one hundred tons from the roof. The rescuers were encouraged by hearing a faint voice, and they reached the spot and saved one of the men, who was injured. The other man was in the arms of a rescuer and was being given a drink of water, when he saw another*fall coming. Then he said, “Good-bye, boys!” and he was struck on the head and killed, His body was again buried.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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