MINERS REMAIN AT WORK
SYDNEY, May 27. Though Sydney 's -oal supplies for the mai nteiiiuice of puldic services and vittil iiidustrie.s continue to be desperately low, the tlireat of two big tnining stoppages. one at Cessnock and tlie other iu the southern field, luive lieen averted. iSupplivs of coal in almost cvery instaiii'e are ;it :i working miniimini. The Uailway Departnient, with a week 's reserve in liami, is in tiie strongesl ]iosit iott. The Conunonwealth Coal Connnissioner intervened in the Cessnock cottl dispute which lutd threatened to tlirow 12 inines jdle today with the loss of 1 ::.()()() tons. The inines are instructed to open up today nnder normal eonditions. jiending a eompnlsory conference of the parties with the Central Rel'erence Hoard at Neweastle on Eriday. The southern dispute was settled teniporarily when the nien deeided to remain at work and confer witli tlie other unions. There are still possibilities of a general Australian-wide strike ttnless the workers' deniands as to the paynient of the contract miners are niot.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 May 1946, Page 5
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170MINERS REMAIN AT WORK Chronicle (Levin), 28 May 1946, Page 5
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