N.S.W. COAL TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1930, Page 3

N.S.W. COAL TROUBLE

LOWER WAGE MOVE. - it' (Australian Press Association) f: ■ SYDNEY, March 16. " Thqj Minister bf Mines Mr Weaver assures the coal'owners that they will be perfectly"'with in their rights in reopening the mines 'at 'reduced 'fates, as it has already he On held 'by. Judge Beehji- 4 that' 'the Aivard under ' which the joiners were working prior to the dispute 1 lifts long •’ since expired. • Z The^Mihistef'pointed out ‘ that the IciCa.lglo'aLbwiiers wefe : controlled by a Special -Tribunal, the : Chairman if whicli'was Mr Charles Hibble. His last Award had expired some time before the present trouble began, since wnicii time the owners had been compel le i t concede to whatever variations the miners’ officials had demanded. Applications for work in the Northern Collieries have been received in sufficient numbers to render possible the re-opening of some mines. : Canberra, messages, however, “fate that the coalp.wners my lie coiwm"-* 1 jvy the ’Federal Cabinet to observe the Award or pre-stoppage rates' in a.n Offers of employment.- - --* ' It is said that the'‘dwriers dhive in.-oh their present move on advice that the Award f is. Illegal,, .and this aspect, Jfi being feverishly , investigated b.v (!"' Attorney-Genera I’9 department