"SOME MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCE."
WELLINGTON, tbis day. "Tlie whole country and the Government are completely tired of these continual stoppages of work m the coal mines," declared Mr Massey, when the regular question came forward about the progress of negotiations with the striking miners. The Premier werit on to say: "I have done everything possible to make matters run easily and smoothly for the miners and people of the country, but I am sorry to say I have not been particularly successful. A lot of work I have done has been practically thrown ' away. It is evident there is some influence behind what is going on—some- , thing that we cannot understand. It is not evident on the surface. I have been informed from various parts of New Zeajland that the great majority of miners are loyal, sensible men, but they seem to be under the influence of .a minority, whose influence is bad, both so far as the miners and the country are concerned. I think the position looks better torday, and I hope the difficulty- will be soon over. Then we ought to be able te supply New Zealand from our own mines with all the coal we require for our population." —Parliamentary Reporter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15321, 17 September 1920, Page 7
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