COALFIELDS DISPUTE
A FRUITLESS CONFERENCE. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Reed. October 20. 12.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 20. No results were achieved by the compulsory coal conference. It seems likely that the engine-drivers will not immediately implement the general strike threat. It is expected, however, that, in their attempt, io obtain a 40 hour week, they will use-the tactics cf limiting, production, by holding stopwork meetings on a mid-week day each week.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 October 1939, Page 5
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