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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12602, 12 November 1926, Page 10

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MINERS CONSIDER TERMS DELEGATE CONFERENCE ADJOURNS j»v Telegraph.—Press A-\sn.—Copyright, j Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. | LONDON, November 10. j At the miners’ delegate conference i in London, the president of the Min--1 ers’ Federation, Mr Herbert Smith, explained that the executive, negoI dating with the Government, reached : Uic end of their tether, and it became j necessary to receive further instruc- ! cions in order to proceed. J -Mr A. J. Cook, secretary, gave an ! account of the negotiations, and also ) presented reports from districts showI ing a considerable is*;rdase in the numi ber returned to work, but, ho said, j they were much below the official j figures. Mr Cook read a letter from \ ihe Government, outlining the owners’ otter, which included district settlef meats with a right to refe*r disputed I points to an independent chairman; ; also a minimum wage scale. 1 The conference adjourned till tomorrow. The next step is uncertain. | It is considered probable that the con- ; iorenee itself will decide the policy, , but may refer the decision lo the dis- : tricts or a ballot of miners. Mr Cook apparently indicated that I the miners still demanded a national j tribunal for the purpose of reviewing and co-ordinating district settlements. | ; j j | ,