COAL MINERS' DISPUTE.
A OOiNFERENOE iPROBABLE,
Christchurch, Saturday. William Iteece, chairman of directors of the Wstport-Stockton colliry, informed an interviewer that no deciaion has been arrived at with regard to the Government offer to set up a royal comcission to' inquire into the coal trouible. A conference of mine 'owners will be held at Wellington on Wednesday, when the whole matter will be discussed. Tf times were normal he had little hesitation in forecasting that the owner* would remain firm, hut war considerations mi*lit influence a majority to agree to a course of action which they would otherwise strongly oppose.
THE STOCKTON MME. / Westport, Saturday. Notwithstanding that the Stockton mine deputy dispute has been amicably fettled, the Times is authoritatively informed that the miners have decided vtbt to go baok to work. -."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19180826.2.41
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1918, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
132COAL MINERS' DISPUTE. Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1918, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in