COAL-MINE WAGES FIGHT
MEN REFUSE TO ACCEPT REDUCTION NEW SOUTH WALES DEADLOCK - { (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) j Reed. 10 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The first direct move on the eoal- | fields to refuse to accept the findings jof the Royal Commission on coal I profits came from a combined meetj ing of the Hebburn No. 1 and No. I 2 mines. The miners stated that under no circumstances were they ; prepared to accept a reduction in ! wages or an alteration in their conditions. They were confident the miners’ leaders would refuse to compromise in any way. The State Cabinet considered the Coal Commission’s report, after which the Premier, Mr. T. R. Bavin, sent a letter to Mr. Davies, general secretary of the Miners’ Federation, asking if the combined unions are prepared to accept the Government’s proposals providing for a reduction of one shilling a ton in wages, equal to 12J per cent, off contract earnings, and a shilling a day off other labour.
Under these terms the State Government is to reduce the handling charges to the extent of 25 pence a ton and the Federal Government is to pay a bounty of a shilling a ton on coal sent to inter-State ports.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 9
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