NATIONALISATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 666, 17 November 1909, Page 7

NATIONALISATION.

A STRIKE WEAPON. NEW , STICK TO BEAT OWNERS WHEN MEN WON'T WORK. NOT ENTERTAINED BY PREMIER WADE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ; - ' (lft'C. November, 1G,'8.10 p.m.)' : Sydney,'.. November. IG. , !.'ln .'thef'New South ' Wales': Assembly ■ Mr. M'Gowen,.. Leader of the. State Labour party, ;asked tlie. l'reinier (ilr. W-ade)—Will hfl use his influencsi.and the influence of. his dov'etntactit with the colliery owners to. grant an open conference;, and failing sucli * conference, will, lie then: try to obtain' temporary possession of 'some mines and., work them to. meet public requirements.? ■■ Mn.MGbwen added that, if legislation was -required,: he could,guarantee .the support'of the Opposition for it. - Mines Ooon for Men .to Resume Labour. . Mr.-Wade replied that the position was that the employers said the mines ivero open for the men to. resume wotrk. That would ittvftlvi!, no sacrifice of principle. If work was' resumed, it was to be hoped,"and to be expected, that the owners' promise of a conference ■ would be given effect to. So long as the men would ;uot return to the mines, they deprived the. Government of the opportunity of helping them. Work should be resumed, and then a legal tribunal would be available to redress their grievances. He had taken steps, to ask the parties to empower him to fix a date on which work should be': resumed concurrently with the opening of the promised conference. Mr. Wade added thit the question of the natioiidlisatioii'of the coal supply was otitsido the present 'Controversy, and required inure oarefui thought than had been given ; it. If such questions were opened iip during a crisis like the present, God help the prospects of a peaceful settlement of a strike.

A Labour Motion. /Mr. M'Gowen moved the adjournment of the Assembly, in order to discuss the question of the nationalisation ■' of sufficient collieries to supply the public requirements. The debate is' proceeding! : • Mo Conference sat'again to-day, but it was only matting time until the Government's attitude was announced.

co-operative working. strikers to interview certain OWNERS. .1/ (Rec., November il, 0.50 a.m.) fit, oL'l n , Sydney, November 10. _lno btriko Conference to-day disoussed Mr. Bowling 8 proposal to take over, and work certain. coalmines. ■ Tho Conference, appointed a'committee to'interview tlie owners ,of tho proposed mines, and. to report to, the Conference. EFFECT Ofo CONSUMERS. ' , ; , BALLOT OF WATERSIDE WORKERS. ; (Rec. November;l7, 0.60 a.m.) > ; Melbourne, November 18. Tho waterside workers will takfe a strike ballot tu-mujiun. Ths Qtis engineering works have closed down owing to shortage of coal. Sydney, November, 1(5. , The Lithgow ironworks have been closed as a result of the coal strike, - This readers idle 300 men. , - ~ ... . ; Several more steafuers have been, laid up in Sydney, and the Union; . Company's steaJner Kutow, which arrived 'at Newcastle from Now Zealand to-day, is laid\ip there. :