ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 7

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

BELIEVED MEN WIU-'GET'a PART IF " NOT THE WHOLE, According to reports of the interview be- ' ween Ministers and tie minors' delegates, llio Prime Minister, in the couko of a statement, expressed the Government's adherence to the attitude indicated in his answer to the question put by Mr. Guinness last wok. It was eventually decided that the Minister for Mince Bhould visit the mine as soon after Christinas as possible in order to investigate the position on the npot. A suggestion was made that in the meantime the roon should return to t.ork, and that the existing conditions in legard to trucking should continue pending the visit of the Minister, who stated "that there was no desire that the men should be placod in a worse position than that of the employees of privalo companies. The Government's proposal mill bo placed before a mass meeting of the miners in the Point Elizaboth mine at Runanga at once. It is felt in well-informed circles that a portion, if not the whole, of the men's demands will ultimately ho granted. , MINERS' DELEGATES' DECISION AS TO i COAL EXPORTS. OWNERS AND THE PEICE OP COAL. A conforonco of members of the federation was held yesterday, when a number of important matters were discussed. It i\as unanimously resolved that the federation emphatically protests against any ooal being shipped outside of Now Zealand, or anything ,boing done that would lend to 60vor the , ■ bonds of unity existing between the unions of Australia and New Zealand. *| v v A further resolution was poesed to the effect that, in the ovent of th» mims-owners attempt ing to raise the price of coal during the present crisis, the federation would take drasti? steps to prevent the consumers from being ox« - ploited. . - , POSITION UNALTERED. (Ilr Telciirooh-Prew' AMocUUon.l , Greymouth, December 7. Matters in connection with the strike at th» State ooal-mino remain unaltered.