THE NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE.
TO-DAY'S SETTLEMENT,
BOREHOLE MINERS STILL FRACTIOUS.
£1,000,000 LOST IN WAGES ALONE.
[Press Association—Copyright.] (Received 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, Monday. The sum of £1,000,000 in wages was lost in the Newcastle coal strike. The Victorian Government trade, which practically represents 300,000 tons yearly, was lost through the opening of the Powlett River mine. The coal trade to the Philippines has received a set tack. and the industry will take some time to recover. The Borehole miners are fractious, and will not return to work to-day. /They comlplain that the management, contrary to the undertaken given by to Mr. Charlton, is endeavouring to make alterations in the working conditions.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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110THE NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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