PROPOSALS REJECTED

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 41, 26 September 1928, Page 5

PROPOSALS REJECTED

N.S.W, COAL INDUSTRY, HELD TO BE lISWOBKABIE, REDUCED PRICE' SOUGHT. EFFORTS TO BE CONTINUED. SYDNEY, This Day. A conference of all th,. unions engaged in the coal mining induslry called to consider Ihu proposals made by Mr T. H. Bavin, the State Premier, to re-establish the coal industry on a general profitable basis unanimously rejected Mr Bavin’s suggestions and appointed a committee' to make counter proposals. The report of the conference was presented to the Federal Council c-f the Miners’ Federation. The Council of the Miners’ Federation subsequently met an d passed the following resolution; “That this Council is of opinion that the proposals of the New South Wales Premier for carrying on the coal industry are unworkable from the Federation’s viewpoint, and therefore they cannot h e accepted.” Mr Bavin later expressed deep regret at the rejection of his proposals. He added that they were mainly formulated for the benefit of miners and employees of cognate industries. He said: “Lean only assume that there is some misunderstanding regarding the efforts of the Government. In the meantime these efforts •will be continued towards ensuring a very necessary reduction in the price of coal, which step cannot he held up by what I consider very illconsidered action.”—Australian Press Assn.