COAL DEADLOCK UNBROKEN.
BOTH SIDES UNYIELDING.
MINERS LOOK TO GOVERNMENT
PROPOSALS AWAITED. By Telegraph—Press ' Association—Copyright. (Received 12.5 a.ro.) A. ana N.Z. LONDON. May 21. The secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Frank Hodges, officially states that the president, Mr. Herbert Smith, and himself consider that the recent unofficial proposals to end the strike are useless. No proposals for a meeting have yet emanated from the Government. The executive of the Miners' Federation "will be summoned ■when the Prime Minister invites the parties to a conference, but Mr.' Hodges considers that no useful purpose 'will -be served by a conference unless the Government lays down proposals providing a i basis of settlement.
An officer of the Coal Owners' Association denies that the owners have suggested any new scheme. The owners made a perfectly fair offer at the late conference, but the miners demanded a pool and slammed the door against the Government and the owners. -It was for the miners to reopen the door.
The Belgian miners have decided to contribute 200,000 francs to assist the British miners.
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New Zealand Herald, 23 May 1921, Page 5
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