AUSTRALIAN.
Coal is selling at 40s per ton. Great preparations are being made for the opening of the Mount Kembla mine, in order to supply the railways. The pit is guarded by a large force of militaiy. The Melbourne Employers’ Defence Committee has decided to set apart a fund to subsidise nonunionists thrown out of work by the strike. Premier Gillies states that he has no intention of insisting on a conference of the parties to the strike. He only desires to point out the disastrous effects of its continuance, and to urge both to come to an amicable settlement as soon as pos« sible.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 518, 14 October 1890, Page 2
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105AUSTRALIAN. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 518, 14 October 1890, Page 2
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