COALMINERS' DISPUTE.
POSITION IN AUSTRALIA, j _ STRIKE ISSUE CONTESTED. A. and 5.Z. SYDNEY. Feb. 15. The voting at the aggregate meetings of the northern coalfields miners confirms the fact that the men are divided on the strike issue, j At the most populous centres the pro- j posals of the Centra! Council for a strike j were defeated, while at a number ol the j smaller centres? the men voted in favour j of Use proposals. _ j The press was rigidly excluded from ad the meetings. So far there are not sufficient re.urns to j hand to indicate whether the proposals of j the council will ■ be carried or not, but it j is certain that the issue will be closely j contested. j A message from Mfilbouruft stsiicis ? Prime Minister, Mr. S. M. Brace, says the j Federal Government will take no action ; with regard to the uispure until tue men j return to work. f ! == i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19563, 16 February 1927, Page 11
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