POSITION AT AUCKLAND.
CONFERENCE OF MINE-OWNERS. AUCKLAND, January 7. At a, conference of coal mine-owners to-day it was resolved to send the following telegram to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Mines : — At a meeting of directors of all coal . companies in the Auckland province ' held to-day it was resolved to intimate ; to you that unless the Government pro- ' perly intervenes in the matter of the existing trouble with miners the whole of the mines must remain closed and"' must suffer irreparable injury, resulting in great financial loss to the community generally. Already large orders foi* Newcastle coal have gone forward. Many industries dependent upon coal supplies are seriously affected. A large portion of the coastal fleet is already laid up and the hands discharged. The position is critical.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 29
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130POSITION AT AUCKLAND. Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 29
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