THE RUMOUR OF YESTERDAY

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 4

THE RUMOUR OF YESTERDAY

.•;:;; ■■'~; DENIED ; TO-DAY. :, '~ ~ ..' ;. IBy' Telegraph'.'—Special .Correspondent) ■.• ■-. ■■: ;.">•;• .■■•..■■ :• Mastertoii, -August , 3L ; r : ' ..'. Mr; W.: A... Flavell,. : manager ..of ;.'■ the 7 ;Westport ..'Coal' ■Company,. ..who. -.ipassed .". through , Mastertoa to-day,'attaches 'no ."• '■'. importance t6,' the. telegram, from "Auckland concerning tie, prospects of a. coal . strike. : y He 'points out: that Mr. "J. J. Craig,;!of. the northern*city,-is an im» .;,- porter, of; Newcastle;coal, and. may :haye. .. been- referring, to-the labour'trouble ia.; ': isew South -VValesJ : . So.) far ; : - - L'llayell. is; aware.'ithe're .is no.fdissatisfac-; ::■. tion among -the .miners in. New. , Zealand ; .'at'''the ..-present- time. ." : '' :.; o-V^-'-V-v'.- ''■ .''• ; Westport; August;3l.- : .r ; Mr. Jonathan Dixon, ,district.'superiDi- ■; •tendent to' the/Westppr.t..eoal-,Coihpani> .■' was in Westport yesteriday; ; - Seohjhy.-a ;;.f -reporter'.; a; report^froDi;. , ;; the North Island-'jof^impending , ..trouble ;; : ; in coal-mining, v Mr. Dixon,saiov..that ..he ■■•: '.■■;< knew of , nothing .of the kind! so"<faf'. as this ; district ; 'iei concerned:. «-i Tho.-ireport •.'■_ had apparently.arisen, from ffie;fa'ctj.that.; t v. the unions had their connectioil .; with the Arbitration Court. .This.'actioa,'. J. he understood; was due. to a belief;dn the. v; part, -of . the...men" that; they. .could >:-get.:;'; better! .terms 'by -acting their than/placing.' their dis--.'.':: uutee before the Arbitratioiiv Court. There '.. was no trouble.in-this district-is-far.'as ■; ' he was ; aware': '•Satisfactory ..agreements > were being made.with the.men.employed...'■'. by his' company, and he'had-.'heard of no trouble -. or probable.-: trouble on the";; . Coast.. ..-■:,-.'.:- :; ■' -'.-'- .'-•■.•'■'•.■'' ■'. ■■:■■•' : -'---,'; : .'■•■ ;■;';..