AUSTRALIAN NEWS
(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, July 10. It is understood that the coalminers have decided not to give the owners the right to dismiss men, as proposed by Mr Oakes. The conference will resume to-morrow, but a deadlock is anticipated on this issue. In order to ensure continuity in the supply of teachers, especially for small country schools, the Education Department is accepting temporary teachers up to the age of fifty, provided they pass the necessary test. BRISBANE, July 10. The inquiry into the Hartington fire has concluded, the chief evidence being that the outbreak was due to Durban coal, which was considered inflammable and liable to spontaneous combustion.
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Southland Times, Issue 18990, 11 July 1923, Page 5
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