ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT.
THE CONFERENCE FAILS.
SETTLEMENT STIX AFAR OFF. '1
Received 10.40 p.m. Nov. 28. SYDNEY, Nov. 28. The result of 1 yesterday's, coal com
fierence created further disappointment;. It is generally felt that the country is ' no nearer a settlement, inasmuch as..'■',; there is no guarantee that the miners will accept the tribunal's decision in t'lie event of their claims not being i granted., Reports from various diet- \ ricts confirm ltJiis view. The men gentu ; rally resent the tribunal^ maintaaaing that further conferences are nseloss. Nothing but eight hours bank-to-baiik will induce, resumpitiqn. Any w&j, no ■; alleviation of the trouble is' poawbie : until next week. , -
TMr. ftughes has fixed Tuesday f«r r: the tribunal's decision on the hoiirs^ question. Even assuming that tlte.|»eti' accept the ruling- arid-resumj.jmin©- ; diately, several: days must elapse before, supplies are available. : Fux&mi C restrictions on lighting and, pow^r «n» - necessary, as stocks will barely laet until Tuesday.
Tlie Cabinet metets to-night tot &acam the unexpected'development. ■ v
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 29 November 1916, Page 5
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162ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 29 November 1916, Page 5
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