COAL INDUSTRY
- CONTROL METHODS PROPOSED AT LABOUR CONFERENCE. TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS. : (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received 11.25 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, April 12. At the Labour Conference, Mr. Willis submitted a motion: “That, in order to relieve the parlous conditions of the coal industry, the whole of the coal be pooled and that private selling agencies he alxdished.” He also suggested that a levy of one shilling per ton on all coal produced be paid into a fund to provide work for the unemployed miners. The motion also protested against further mining leases being granted to private enterprises. The motion was ruled out of order, hut will lie discussed later.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 April 1928, Page 5
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