COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
STATE .CONTRACT. (Dj Kl-botrip., X.e^gfap^.—Copyright.
Sydney, March 31;. The claim of, Hogkins, Limited, v4rsua Government tor. £159,000 damages ih respect of the iron and steel rail contract, has been settled on the following tqrms:—'I'he plaintiffs admit, that circumstances, appeared'to justify the Minister for .Works cancelling the contract; bpt they shall not be debarred, in future, from receiving the Department’s contracts. The deposit of £SOOO will bq, refunded! Each party pays his own costs.
N.S.W. COAL STRIKE
Sydney, April 1
The. deadlpck in the southern coal strike continues, neither side shcnvjng any, apparent intention of giving way. Efforts are being made to obtain permission, for a. secret ballot the men, also that, the appointment of a special tribunal independent of both sides he ipyokfd; the coal trade is at a the trading community s;uffpringj severely. The horses haye out of many of the mines. INCREASED COST OF LIVING. , phe eyidjShce tendered at various Bpaf.ds, indicates a steady anpl ipproaae in rents and in the copt, of. living.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 71, 1 April 1913, Page 6
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168COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 71, 1 April 1913, Page 6
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