THE COAL DISPUTE
MINE OWNERS' CONFERENCE CONCLUDED STATEMENT BEING PREPARED I'lio Now Zealand Conl-mino Owners' Association, which met in Wellington on Wednesday, sat again yesterday to consiilor ■ request niado by tho Miners' i'edoration for an incrcaso in the wagon of inino workers. Tlio meeting was concluded, ami certain matters wero left iu tho hands of the executive, Tho coal-mine owners wore invited to meet tho Acting-Prime Minister (Sir James Allen), tho Hons, W. D. R. MncDoiutUl, A. Myers, and \V. 11. Merries yesterday. Al'li-r discussing tho position with tlio Ministers, tho owners agreed to put (heir views in tho form of a letter to tlio Minister of Mines. Tlio Auting-l'riino Minister (Sir James Allen) stated yesterday that ho and other Ministers had met representatives of the Coal-mino Owners' Association, just us they had oh a previous occasion nip.t representatives of (.lie miners unions. Tho owners had been considering tho request of tho unions for a conference on tlio question of nr. incrcaso of 20 per cent, in wnges. and the mineowners were submitting in writing their reply to this proposal for a conference. This reply would bo. communicated by the Minister of Mines (Mr. Mac Donald) to tho Coal-miners' Federation.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 246, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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200THE COAL DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 246, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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