MR BAVIN WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TASK TO IMPOSE WILL.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 17. Mr Moreton Hogan, proprietor of the Blair Athol Colliery, Queensland, a passenger by the Marama, said that the mine was working smoothly when he left. He was reluctant to express any opinions regarding the Maitland troubles. Mr Hogan said that 10,000 men, who had been out of work about ten months, were now in sore straits. When he left Australia it was feared there would be a clash with' the police. The strike had affected industry in Queensland, a great demand having been made on the supplies. Dr W. Horton, of Auckland, who spent five months in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, who was also a passenger on the Marama, was present when Mr Hogan was describing the conditions in the coal industry. He said: “ Mr Hogan cannot say it, but every where one goes in Australia the opinion is expressed that the New South Wales Government will find it very difficult to impose its will on the miners. Mr Bavin is believed to have a very difficult task. It is doubtful whether he will succeed.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18946, 17 December 1929, Page 9
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