NEWCASTLE STRIKE.
MINERS' BALLOTS.
MAJORITY FAVOURS RESUMP^
TION OF WORK.
United Press Association— By blectrio TelegrapJJ
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SYDNEY, February 16. !
The New castle miners' ballot shows a n, jority of 129 in favour o| accepting .ne Board. Therof is one return to come, but thia cannolj materially alter the result.
Efforts are being made to have thq mines cleaned up in readiness foij working by Monday. The Helensburg mine has resumed work,
The soutnern mines are worKing full-handed. , d
Numbers of vessels rendered idls by the strike are getting ready foij recomir.issiori.
The through service to Westerii Australia resumes from Saturday next.
SERIOUS HITCH FEARED.
THE WAGES BOARD ASK*a> TQ
ADJOURN.
Received February 18, 10.15 p.m. SYDNEY,'February 16.
When the Wages Board met afi Newcastle this afternoon, it learned that a hitch had cccuired in tha negotiations for a settlement. 3 Mr Chadton, a member *of thd Legislative Assembly,who is engaged! formulating the Miners' claims, 1 1 laid he had hcped to have arranged for the men to return on Monday,! bjt he had not had time to com-* plete the task. He asked the Board to adjourn till next Wednesday, wheq he trusted to have the men back on that day. He feared a serious obstacle had arisen in „connectiori with Judge Scholes' and £bis efforts to bring the masters and men to- - > ' gether.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 973, 17 February 1910, Page 4
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225NEWCASTLE STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 973, 17 February 1910, Page 4
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