COAL STRIKE IN N.S.W.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19644, 13 June 1929, Page 9

COAL STRIKE IN N.S.W.

MAY BECOME GENERAL. 6BCISION RESTS WITH MINERS* DELEGATES. tmna 3"* ESS ASSOCIATION —BI ELECTRIC * TBLEOBAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received June 13th, 1.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 12. fl» Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Itwutive mot at the Trades Hall tolight and passed a resolution in favour dmthdfawing all drivers and firemen tea the pits, which action will preciwtito a general strike throughout the jjtati unless the miners' delegates, who m BWting in conference to-morrow, m formulate alternative plans to tring about an end to the present coal ikullock. —Australian Press Association. MEN NOT UNANIMOUS. CAS SHORTAGE IN SYDNEY.

SYDNEY, June 12. lb combined unions' Advisory Comlittet meeting this morning is not expected to save a general coal stoppage. Bmwfer, a number of the unions are ifposed to the plans of the engineiimn for closing all the pits, believmthat this will mean the immediate wu of the dispute, mainly because fjt levies will cease. Tiefceting is about to spread to the RweftstJe fields- Threats have been mde of action against the men vmo we u#tting coal underground at the Kifljngworth and Seaham collieries Tht gas restrictions proclaimed in Ifdney yesterday fixed hours for the mof the Australian Gaslight Compraj's gas, with exemptions for certain classes of public consumers, and Nt i £SOO penalty for non-compliance. It is announced that special efforts *iil bt made to improve the position. o**rieity restrictions are unnecessary. -Australian Press Association.