THE MINERS' DISPUTE.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1920, Page 5

THE MINERS' DISPUTE.

NO NEARER SETTLEMENT,".. ANOTHER CONFERENCE WANTED* By Telegraph.— Press Association Wellington, Laat Night. The coal mine owners' proposal to act upon the recent motion credited to A ' section of the men at Huntly is not ac- ■ ceptable to the Alliance of Labor, which is conducting the mining dispute for ibe Miners' Federation. Therefore the dis- : pute is no nearer settlement now than it has been for some months. ' The secretary of the Alliance of Labor, in a letter to the secretary of the Coal Owners' Association, repeats the stateraent forwarded to the Prime Miniate* that there can be no settlement of the dispute until such time as a conference takes place between representatives of i lie Coal Owners' Association and re- , presentatives of the Alliance of Labor, and the New Zealand Miners' Federa- . tion. The owners are expected to review the position at an early date. [A report received from Huntly about a fortnight ago stated that the Huntly Miners' Union was reported to have carried a resolution calling upon the Miners' Federation to withdraw from the Alliance of Labor, so that each union could then make individual agreements with its respective owners. The resolution suggested that the Federation should have one representative at each conference with the owners.} I