COAL TROUBLE
[llY TELEGIIAPH l*lSll Pit ESS ASSOCIATION j THE TROUBLE OYER. WELLINGTON; Feb. 3 The Secretary of the Miners’ Federation (Mr Arbuckle), in an interview, stated that the Prime -Minister had the facts of the case placed before him. Any statement on the subject would be made by the Government. Personally, lie believed that the trouble was over. Regarding the Southern miners, where the difficulty arose with . the management, he was confident that the matter would he left in the hands of the Federation to adjust. He was not in a position to speak authoritatively on the subject, but he had no reason to doubt that such would be the case.
WILL THE COMMITTEE SIT? WELLINGTON,‘Feb. 3 No definite date has yet been fixed for tbe sitting of the committee appointed to go into the coal dispute. It is said that unless some assurance is forthcoming from the men respecting the trouble through the dismissal of the South Island miner Henderson, that the “go-slow” policy is abandoned, and the output from the mines reaches normal proportions, it is unlikely that the committee will be called together.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1921, Page 4
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187COAL TROUBLE Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1921, Page 4
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