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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 5

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WESTERN MINERS. A DECISION TO RESUME ON MONDAY OTHER MINERS TO BALLOT. A PROPOSAL TO GO BEFORE SPECIAL BOARD. IHr Telc«roDh.-rrtsn ABioclmtnn-OoojfleM.l (Roc. Docombcr 17, 9.25 p.m.) Sydney, December 17. Subject to the Strike Congress ratifying an agreement reached to-day at a conference bo-lu-ecyi tho Wostorn colliery owners aud tho mind's, tho latter will resume work on Monday. Shifts of men will bo put in to-morrow to jrepare the pite for the reeumption of work. Tho special board which has been appointed under the Industrial Disputes Act to inquire into tho dispute between tho Northern proprietors and tho minors held a preliminary sitting, and adjourned till Wednesday at Now. castle.

THE LATEST. PROPOSAL;FOB THE BALLOT.. , (Rec. December 18, 1, a.m.) . ': v .'' .' Sydney, December 17. Tho. Strike Congress, has endorsed, tho: decision of the .Western miners to rosumo work. The Northern and tho Southern miners will tako, immediate ballot on' tho question whether they are willing to submit their grievances to the Special Wages Board: appointed under the Industrial-Disputes, Act. . ;'■ /■•

FORCED THROUGH PARLIAMENT. •■■■■'■ ..-. :/':■■:■. '■■ ■■• - ''■■■ ",.* : .~.p ;v ' - ' - ; :■ V NEW STRIKE PENALTIES. ::. ; ;!; : ';■■■;'•■", Sydney, December 17. Mr. Wade's Bill to amend the Industrial Dis- : pates Act,, which by. his motion'was treated as an omergoncy measure, provides, among other ■'•; '■' , ; .;.',■••■'.'..■,-■ ■';'■■■'..•.■''.': ' That a leader who instigates or aids a strike or lockout shall be liable to twelve months' (■■ imprisonment without the option of a , ■ fine. ■■-:■" - ■•■•;. ,-;■■ ; ;.■:;,■;;.. :;v :■■■.:, '■■'• ":■■' ' The penalty on the;other leaders is left at ,i ■: two months' imprisonment, ■ ... • ■ If tho planning of a strike or lockout is carricd on behind closed'doors the police aro empowered to enter. .'', ■•.■■".•.' . : . v These penalties shall apply' equally to maetere' and men. The increased penalties; shall only apply whore a-strike deprives the public of a; necessary commodity. .... - • , '~■■: The, Bill also contains two clauses : from the .Commonwealth Act 'against illegal combina- "..:.'',:■■■:''„ "'■':.:;',■.,■■:' /:.■;■ ... When' the Bill was before, the State Aseetnhly the motion : suspending tho" Standing Orders was. carried amid ■ much disorder. > .The, Speaker, in the event of possible trouble,. Bent for;extra.police. ■:.'.■ .r : V , : v •■ \\":'. ■■..'■:■ ■', After au. all-night sitting tho Bill i passed through all its stages without amendment. , Tho .discussion was exciting. The closure was 'applied 31 times during the debate. ;v ; : - '

PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES, (liec. December 18, 1 a.m.) Sydney, Bccomber 17. Both Houses of tho; State Parliament have passed, without' amendment, Mr. Wade's Industrial Disputes Act Amendment Bill. Tho session has' closed^

;■ EEPOETED PENDING-AEEESTS.; \: .';:■■■ :■■ .;; ;.-■(,-' Sydney,.December 17. I.lt is stated. that warrants have been, issued for , the arrest of twenty more , strike' leaders at Newcastle for inciting the men to strike. ' ;

■;;■:_ ACTIVITY; IN 'NATAL : GOAL TRADE. ■ ■;. -: ' • . .: . ~. London, December 10.' .:The "Standard's" Pioteiinaritzburg • correspondent states that there 1 is abnormal,activity in the coal trade, owing to the Australian strike,, and that ships , are leaving;port 9s fast as they are loaded.. .' ; ■]'-~ :■:'., •;; / ; .

ASSISTANCE FROM NEW'ZEALAND. PEOPOSED GEANT OF £PM PER WEEK. (By Telcurapli-l'resar. Ai»oc!atlon.t ; Auckland,' December 17. : The- Now Zealand Federated Minors are taking up the cause of the Newcastle'minors, and proposo inaugurating a weekly levy from all unionists who care to contribute. Tho Minors' Fedoration proposes to contribute JC2OO per week, and to urge all unions and those who sympathise with'the cause of labour tbhelp. Mr. Manning (secretary of the Federation) etatos that, owing to the lengthy idleness, distross is becoming apparent at Newcastle.