MOVES IN COAL STRIKE
Mr. Menzies Defers Action GOVERNMENT’S PLANS PREPARED (Received April 30, 1.45 a.m.) CANBERRA, April 29. Following the miners’ eleventh-hour move in obtaining an interview with the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, as a result of his threat that the Government would order Hie reopening of the collieries with non-union labour, Mr. Menzies today agreed to defer action till tomorrow night. In the meantime Hie miners’ delegations will interview the Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court. BRISBANE, April 29. Whatever decision is reached at the Canberra conference it is understood that a vast majority of tlie Queensland coal miners are determined to call the strike off. It is authoritatively stated that within a fortnight every coal miner in the State will be back at work. It is expected that almost every mine in the Rosewood district will be working today. The War Cabinet received Mr. Menzies’ report on his conference with the miners’ officials and the Government's plans are fully prepared in the event of a breakdown in negotiations.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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171MOVES IN COAL STRIKE Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 183, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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