THE COAL MINES DISPUTE.
AVOIDING A GRAVE CRISIS. i (From Our Own Corresondcnt.)' .Wellington, August 9. The mine-owners seem to be leaving ilii: Government to faco the development of the dispute with regard to the coal mines, Representatives of labor organisations throughout the country, with | suggestive unanimity, are requesting now that the Government shall take over the mines in the interests of the consumers, and so avoid '"a grave crisis." The miners themselves do not, disguise their desire that the Government shall become their ;mployer. The mine-owners, who would be jnou;ct«3 financially in any event, are willing to let the discussion proceed. But the members of the Government, as far as eaii be gathered just now, are most unwilling to consider taking over the mines. Ministers do not see how Government control would solve the coal shortage, since the miners have stated already that they are working Mint' they regard as reasonable time.- But the threat of a stoppage may force Ministers' hands.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1918, Page 2
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163THE COAL MINES DISPUTE. Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1918, Page 2
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