LITHGOW COLLIERY DISPUTE
« BIG STOPPAGE OF WORK FEARED. Us Tflcsraph—l'liess Association-Cosjyricbt Sydney, May 20. Owing to a dispute between the Cobor Copper Company and the Railway Commissioners ono colliery at Lithgow has been shut down, and unless tho dispute is settled in a few days other works will also bo closed. This would mean the suspension of work for 10,000 men. Tho company alleges that owing to faulty scales tho Commissioners; charged' excessive freights, which they refused to pay. Tho Commissioners now decline to handlo goods except on a cash basis.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1133, 22 May 1911, Page 5
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91LITHGOW COLLIERY DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1133, 22 May 1911, Page 5
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