COAL OUTLOOK.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1920, Page 5

COAL OUTLOOK.

WAIKATO. MINE IDLE. iAfiOraEg GRIEVANCE frOUND. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The meeting of minors at Huntly on Saturday afternoon decided to return to work to-day, but another difference oi opinion has been brought to a head at the Pukemiro mine, and consequently no work is being done there to-day. This time the trouble is between the men and their employers. It appears that the engine drivers working at Pukemiro are under a different agreement from those, employed by the Taupiri mines at Huntly and Rotowaro. At the Pukemiro mine they are members of the Miners' Union, and consequently they ceased work with other operatives. The result is that no ventilation or pumping was done at the mine while the strike lasted, and this morninw the manager, under instructions from the company, met the union executive with 5. proposal to have this rectified. No finality has yet been reached.

STATE MINES WORKING. • MEETINGS SUPPORT LABOR PARTY. Greymoutk, Last Night. The State coal mines were working to-day as usual. Yesterday and to-night there were numerously attdnded public meetings held at Blackball and Runanga, which enthusiastically carried the following resolutions:— (1) That this meeting of citizens whole-heartedly endorses the action of ihe New Zealand Labor Party in cabling its support to the British Labor Council of Action, in their decision to adopt direct action in the event of war being deolared on Russia. ' _ (2) That this meeting gives its entire support to the labor movement in protest against the continuance of persecution of conscientious objectors, and we pledge ourselves to, support any action to obtain a general amnesty for ftll conscientious objectors. (3) That this meeting congratulates Mr, H. E. Holland and the Labor Party on their determined efforts to pass a motion in Parliament urging self-deter-mination for Ireland.

THE NEWCASTLE SALE LIKELY. BUY&G COAL ABROAD. (By Wire.—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. No definite official information is available yet regarding the reported purchase of 100,000 tons of Australian coal by the New Zealand Government, but there is reason to believe that the purchase is likely to be completed. The Government is losing no opportunity of buying coal abroad in view of the very unsatisfactory situation at ihe New Zealand mines.