A BLACK OUTLOOK.
N.S.W. COAL TROUBLE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, May 9. The coal outlook is blacker than ever, owners having decided to use every means possible to work the mines. The only ray of hope is a split in the miners’ ranks. The moderates are opposing the Communist section, who advocate a fight to a finish. Sydney, May 10. The northern coal-owners will meet on Monday to discuss the question of introducing voluntary labor in the idle mines. It is estimated that since the Maitland pits closed the employees have lost nearly a quarter of a million in wages. Another south coast pit, the Metropolitan. onto loving 000 men, has been rendered idle. The southern owners have issued an ultimatum that, unless the idle mines resume work immediately, the conference with the Miners’ Federation fixed for to-morrow will be abandoned. MEN REMAIN FIRM. BITTER CONTEST EXPECTED. Received May 10. 10.25 p.m. Sydney, May 10. a The miners have decided that they >1 not give way to the demands made by the owners. They state that rather than do this they will engage in the bitter and galling contest which must ensue. In consequence of this decision the conference between the southern owners and /lie miners has been postponed indefinitely by the owners.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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213A BLACK OUTLOOK. Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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