GOAL INDUSTRY
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED STRIKER. EXPORT TRADE) KILLED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—CaOTrighh (Received January IS, 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 18. At a meeting of the Coal Tribunal, the employers’ representatives claimed that the export trade had been killed by stoppages and strikes. It was men | Honed that there had been 1700 strikes in the coal industry during the past twelve months. Unless there was a reduction m wages, the Western District mines would have to close. The miners* representatives, replying to arguments for the reduction of wages, 6aid there were far too many people employed m the coal industry. Thousands of local miners were idle, and employers were continually bringing in new men, including new British arrivals.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11422, 19 January 1923, Page 7
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116GOAL INDUSTRY New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11422, 19 January 1923, Page 7
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