N.S.W. COAL TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1930, Page 5

N.S.W. COAL TROUBLE

(Australian Press Association)

Berlin and Riga messages both report Stalin is on the ere of resigning owing to' yonng Communists resentment at his failure to rigorously carry out the campaign against peas- ‘

OWNERS PREPARE,

TO WORK SOME' MINES

SYDNEY, March 20

An official Tass Agency message from Moscow, however, dismisses the story as ridiculous.

There was no outstanding development in the coal situation to-day, although the Prime Minister, Air S:ullin, intimated that he would be unable to attend the miners’ delegates’ convention, as requested. The mine owners announce many additional applications for work, and several collieries are being prepared for a resumption of operations.

A British United Press report from Moscow says through official journals, the Russian people were told that Europe’s Sunday services protest against religious persecution, had fizzled out and that on tlie contrary workers in the chief European capitals had demonstrated against the churches, and pledged their support to the Soviet. The Pope is a target for bitter cartoon, generally depicting him as the protector of Fascists, Imperialists and the well-to-do.

The Howard Smith Coy. Ltd. announce they have lost £57.000 on their Northern Collieries last year owing to the coal dispute.