AUSTRALIAN MINERS
CRITICISED BY OFFICIAL Rccd. 6 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 19. More than 60,000 tons of coal will be lost by the miners’ one-day stopwork meetings to discuss the decisions of the recent convention, said the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mi N. Migheh. “I am amazed at this action which is being taken in complete disregard of the public interest.” he said. “It seems utterly opnosed to the recent, statements by Miners’ Federal on loaders urging greater production because of the nr-carious condition of the stocks. This loss of coal wil l hasten the unemployment. hardship, and Inconvenience which arc now inevitable as the result of past strike?;.” Nine nvnes wore idle in Nev South Wales yesterday and nearly 6500 ton: of coal wore lo; t.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 224, 21 September 1945, Page 5
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