THE COAL TROUBLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1921, Page 4

THE COAL TROUBLE.

A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. MINERS TO APPROVE BOARD By Telegraph.—Press Association Wellington, Lasj Night. The Prime Minister, intentawed today as to the present positicZ infyrard to the mining dispute, said/: “Tlior/?** two or three unions who&£ replies us«l the setting up of the to eonside® the points at issue hai| e not yet communicated to me. hoy. ever, 1 have heard ujfht the executive of the Miners’ Federation considers that an agreement has ‘b/cn arrived at as to the setting up of the board, but J have not yet got it officially. So far as I am able to judge I think the board will be set up.’’ ANSWER TO “00 SLOW.” NORTHERN MINE CLOSED. THE MEN’S CHOICE. Auckland, Last Night. The continuation of “go slow,” at the Northern Coal Company’s mine at Kiripaka culminated to-day in the mine closing indefinitely. Recently the liquidator of the company Visited the mine and entered into an arrangement whereby’ the men undertook to produce over 100 tong a day, and in the meantime to communicate with the federation on the question of discontinuing “go slow.’’ The federation reported that, “go slow” was to continue, and yesterday evening the manager informed the men that they must either call off “go slow 7” or take tlieir tools out of the mine. The men adopted the latter course, and fifty are idle. “Go slow” was continued at the three Waikato mites yesterday.