N.S.W. COAL INDUSTRY.
CRITICAL TIME AHEAD.
WAGES KEEPING UP PRICES. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. May 11. Tho Sydney Daily Telegraph predicts that owing to the depressed and unsettled condition of tho coal industry grave danger exists of an early industrial crisis. The newspaper declares that the unemployment problem hinges on the price of coal, whit" remains high because of the wages paid to miners. Only a conference and a compromise between the Coalminers' Federation and tho colliery proprietors can avert industrial catastrophe. Meantime 1000 miners are idle in Newcastle. Lithgow, and other mining districts, which is seriously affecting other avenues of employment, and crippling business enterprise. Representatives of the mining industry decided to form a deputation to wait on the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, for the purpose of removing " pin pricks," which are said to have becom-5 " sabre thrusts." It is suggested th.it the Minister, when dealing with important minii\2; problems, should confer with men who understood tho economic position as well as technical exports. Grievances comprise excessive stamp taxation and excessive railway freights. A ton of wool is railed for 225, while a ton of oro is charged £3 10s.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18088, 12 May 1922, Page 5
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195N.S.W. COAL INDUSTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18088, 12 May 1922, Page 5
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