COAL DEADLOCK
OWNERS AND MINERS
FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT
UNSUITABLE PROPOSALS
(United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 11.55 p.m.) Sydney, April 17.
Negotiations for a settlement of the coal dispute resulted in a deadlock. The breach is now as wide as ever. A conference of the parties called by the Prime Minister, Mr Bruce, and Mr Bavin, has been held for several days under the chairmanship of Sir Wallace Bruce, of Adelaide. They discussed the cost of production, wage reduction and the elimination of pinpricks, after which the miners’ delegates submitted proposals to the owners’ delegates who unanimously rejected them. These proposals reejuired re-opening the mines on the original basis, an investigation of the owners’ books and provision by the owners of a shilling a ton on the selling price of coal towards a fund for the alleviation of northern miners not reabsorbed in this industry.
The owners’ counter proposals, which were rejected, insisted that the cost of production be reduced by some form of wage reduction and a discontinuance of the evil arising from the virtual control of the mines by the unions.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20662, 18 April 1929, Page 7
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