IDLE COALMINERS.
EARLY RETURN PREDICTED. ; LACK OF FINANCIAL : HELP. [BT ; TffiGGBAFH.— " COaOGSPONDENT.J ' ' CKRISTCHTJRCH. Tuesday. , .*' The coalminers have absolutely nd hope of holding out much; longer," said ' one West Coast authority to-day. Ho stated that the. financial assistance forth* coming was not nearly, sufficient to. en- ; ; able I the : > miners ' arid; their ; dependants Ito live. - The watersiders ; were one strong '.-. ■ body; of : workers which . had not supported the miners' exchequer and the generosity of the v storekeepers -in supplying goods on credit was now being severely -.-' strained. - -By the end j of this week, he said, '.it .-, was : probable the ■ miners would ■ begin to ask the union leaders what they" intended! to do. The next .development would most likely be- the giving of the' undertaking . asked,by the mine owners;that the Arbi-. • tration; Court's ;«swariJ,-, would-., be ! observed. it-v, .„>
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18520, 3 October 1923, Page 8
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137IDLE COALMINERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18520, 3 October 1923, Page 8
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