THE COALMINES.
The position in regard to the coal dispute seems to have reached a deadlock. The owners decline to accept a conference, especially while the go-slow policy is in operation. The miners continue to go slow, and complain about the obstinacy of the owners. The Prime Minister has attempted to mediate, if mediation means the offer of an independent chairman to preside at a conference between the parties. The public has small reason to be cheerful over the situation. High prices are being paid for coal, and the only way to restore low prices is to secure a plentiful supply. That end cannot be attained so long as the goslow policy continues. Threats of prosecution are in the air, and the initiation of such proceedings would probably be the spark to the strike magazine. There should be room for less aggressive measures on both sides. The owners might concede a conference on riie lines suggested by Sir Joseph Ward, with the not unreasonable condition that the first step bo taken by the miners by abandoning the go-slow policy.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12755, 26 September 1919, Page 6
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179THE COALMINES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12755, 26 September 1919, Page 6
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