Geneva, Dec. 27.
Nine of the principal European coal-producing countries, namely, Britain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, [Spain, France, Holland, Poland and [Czecho-Slovakia, will participate in the coal conference convened by the [International Labour Bureau and! opening here on January 6.
Each country will have three delegates, representing the Government, the owners and the miners, Questions regarding working hours, wages and conditions of labour in {the coal-mines will be considered in lorder to decide which will be inscribe Jed on the agenda in the 1930 session. lof the International Labour Conference, with a view to Feaching an international agrecment—Reuter.
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