COAL STRIKE
EFFECT ON BUSINESS.
DEPUTATION TO PREMIER*
SYDNEY, July 30
A deputation lof business men from Newcastle interviewed the acting Prime Minister, the Hon. A. Buttenshaw, to-day and explained the plight of themselves and their employees. They said if the coal mines were not soon re-opened they would become bankrupt. Mr Buttenshaw said in reply that Cabinet had the matter in band and he would make an announcement shortly.
It wa s announced by Mr Buttenshaw after the Cabinet meeting tonight that the Government was unable to intervene in the coal dispute at the present juncture. It must await the report of the coal commission. He would ask the commission to expedite the report upon that aspect of th e evidence relating to owners's profits.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 74, 31 July 1929, Page 5
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