NEWCASTLE STRIKES.
COAL TROUBLE REVIVED. SPECIAL ARBITRATION" MAY' FAIL. SIX; MINES. IDLE. - . Br Tjw.EaniPn—rnsss - ASSouiiTips^corrßiQHi (Rec. Jan. 3, 10.34 p.m.) . Sydney, January 3. ■ .The situation.in'Ncwcastlp is:again;becomT ing grave. ' Six mines nrn now idlo. Tho mon demand an advance of 4d. per ton. It is belioved that tho owners intend, 'if the strikes aro not ended to-night', not to go before tho special Court ■ of Arbitration arranged by tho Premier (Mr. Wade), which meot3 on Monday. '' '' ' . ' WHARF LABOURERS OUT—SHIPPING DELAYED. Sydney, January: 3. Tlie wharf labourers at Newcastle, disregarding an Arbitration Court award, liayo' struck for higher wages. ' - A numbor of vessels aro dolayed m consequonoe, ' ■ ... '. ' The Court of Arbitration' war, appointed, under the presidency of Judge Heydon (President of tho State Arbitration'Court),'.to settle, the points in dispute between the:'minorowners and the men. It wai tliat : both sides liad agreed that the award'■ should bo: a final .settlement.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 5
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