SURPRISE FELT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 269, 8 July 1932, Page 5

SURPRISE FELT

(Press. Assn.—

GOVERNMENT'S INTERVENTION.

-By Telegraph— Copyright).

AUCKLAND, Thursday. According to advices received in Auckland the conference with the Minister in Wellington to-morrow will be held at 11 a.m. It is_ understood the Prime Minister will also be in attendance. The intervention of the Government came as a surprise, specially to the owners, who had already made all arrangements necessary in accordance with their decision "to take other steps" to renew the production of coal at the mines, and notwithstanding that their representatives will attend the conference and use all means to effect a final settlement, the previous decision to man the Renown mine with volunteer labour tomorrow will be adhered to. It was authoritatively learned this morning that the owners decided yesterday afternoon that the Renown mine would be re-opened to-morrow morning in the interest of the four companies concerned — namely Taupiri, Glen Afton, Pukemiro, and Renown. This decision stands, and as a result of the arrangements made the Renown mine to-morrow morning, will, it is officially predicted, be producing coal. The point is made that the arrangements for re-opening the mine were conqluded before the notice was received of the Goyernment's intervention, and that they have gone past the cancellation stage, and therefore must be given effect to. Volunteers are providing the labour. Some have heen recruited from Auckland, and the remainder it is indicated, will comprise farmers in the districts surrounding Huntly, who have had experience ini mining. As far as is known no strikers have offered their services.