STATE ACTION
NEW SOUTH WALES’ MINES.
TWO OPENING NEXT WEEK.
VOLUNTEER LABOUR! CALLED FOR (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) SYDNEY, Nov. 16. The State Government officially announced that applications will be invited immediately from men prepared to accept work at the 'mines taken over by the Government. The rates offered provide a shilling per ton reduction on the present wages, and the cost of the coal to be sold by the Government wiill be approximately four shillings below the present prices. The Rothbury mine will be opened probably on Wednesday next and the Ceissnook mine a few days later. The secretary of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. Davies) stated /definitely that the miners would not be prepared to resume work at the reduced wages.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 November 1929, Page 9
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125STATE ACTION Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 November 1929, Page 9
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