MEN INSIST ON THE BANK-TO-BANK DEMAND.
FURTHER CURTAILMENT OF LIGHTING AND POWER. (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) SYDNEY, November 28.' : Tlie result of, yesterday's coal conference has created further disappointment, and it. is generally felt that we are ho nearer a settlement, inasmuch as there is 116 guarantee that the miners will accept the' tribunal's decision m theevent of their claims not being granted. ■ Reports'- from various, districts confirm this view. Tho mcii 'generally resent the tribunal, maintaining tiiat a further conference is useless/and that nothing but the eight hours will induce a resumption. v
Anyway no alleviation . of the trouble is possib.e 1 runtil • fiext' woek. Mi*. Hughes has/ fixed Tuesday for the 'tribunal's decision on the hours question, but even assuming that tho men accept the ruling- and' resume immediately, several days will elapse before supplies are available. • '- • A further restriction of lighting and poWer is necessaryy as; stocks. -will foarely last until Tuesday.*' '" ; ''' '"' .'•"•"' -, Cabinet meets to-night to discuss any unexpected developments. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14159, 29 November 1916, Page 5
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