LABOUR TROUBLES.
NEWCASTLE STRIKE. MR HUGHES AND SOUTHERN MINERS. CHARGES AGAINST EMPLOYEES. Ua tei Press Av-ocmtion— d> Electric Tcleeroph Copyright. Received December 22, 10 a.m. SYDNEY,'"December 20. 1 Mr W . M. Hughes prcfefses n ■ know whether the southern miners intend tu return to work. He declares that Mr Wade's Bill having come into operation it is Mr Waue's business now.
Of charges of inciting made against fifteen members of the Colliery Employees' Association, one has neen withdrawn and the hearing of the others postponed till the end of December. Rece'ived December 23, 12.5 a.m. SYDNEY, December 22. At the first sitting of the compulsory board to inquire inlo the coai dispute at Newcast'e, Mr Bowling, who appeared for the miners, said that he had been instructed to object to Mr Patterson sitting on the board on the ground that lie did nut represent the Colliery Employees' Federation at all, and had taken the position without consulting the men, and had betrayed the tiust reposed in him. Mr Bowling nsked for an adjournment to enable his Federation to consider the pusltirn in regard to the board's jurisdiction. Mr Justice Heydun remarked that the question as to Mr Patterson's position on the board was unassailable. The board adjourned till January 10th
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 23 December 1909, Page 5
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209LABOUR TROUBLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 23 December 1909, Page 5
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