COLLIERY DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 7

COLLIERY DISPUTE.

STILL A HITCH. By Tclotrrauh—Press Association—Copyright, (Rec, February 23, 9,10 p.m.) Sydney, February 23, A hitch has occurred with regard to tho settlement of tho'; Newcastle miners' dispute. When the Wages Board met to-day, Judge Scholea said ho was sorry to announce. thiit the - matter had not been settled; ' Something had" arieen, and, whether it would be' serious, or not,, in yiew of: the bringing of the: parties together, remained .: to bo 6een. -Ho considered it wise that ho should again see the colliery proprietors before declaring that.the negotiations are off.■■■• He'could 'not ,6ay, anything, more at present. To make disclosures' might do more harm than good. A meeting'of the proprietors had been called for. to-morrow at which he would try to bring about tux understanding. on one matter the ' . only one which stands 'in the way of a complete settlement, At the proper- time all the negotiations wlnoli had been and would b? conducted would be : made known especially if; they miscarried. . : : The Court was crowded. Great disappointment Was caused by Judge Soholes's announcement of non-settlement. . > v-; \ THE SUPPOSED CAUSE. . . (Bee. February 24, 0.5 o,u\.) Sydney, February 28. It is rumoured that the hitch in tho Newcastle negotiations was caused by the desire of tho mine-owners' to ;have . tho : right to' refuse to re-engage some enginedrivers and firemen, who, they claim, "left them in the lurch" when tho strike I occurred, v ■ ■ .