THE COAL STRIKE DEADLOCK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2942, 30 November 1916, Page 6

THE COAL STRIKE DEADLOCK

TRIBUNAL IN SESSION

~ BOTH SIDES DETERMINED INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE IMMINENT (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Melbourne, Novomber 29. Mr. Justice Edwards will preside at . the Coal Strike Tribunal. It has now been'decided that the Tribunal's decision, on the matter of the hours will : ..v •be given on Monday. v ... Although agreeing to abide by the- : ''•■".:' decision of the tribunal, the mine-own- '.. era have withdrawn all their previous offers for a compromise. Tlio miners' delegates have decided to he represented. The secretary . .'■. states that .it would he idle to lead .: : anyone to holievo that there is the ', . slightest hope of resumption of work I* unless the" question of hours is coniv,:;; ceded. I v , THE TRAIL OF THE STRIKE ; BIG BREWERIES AND OTHER [ : ; WORKS CLOSE DOWN. ' • Melbourne, November 28. ',''■.."' : '■', \ The Carlton and Abbotsford brcwer- : .. ies and all the superphosphate works have been closed as the result of tlio ''.'■■ strike. Many workers are thus ren- "''.'' dered idle. i ; The fruitgrowers are threatened with disaster, as the railways are unable to carry tho fast-ripening crops, of sum- [.-. mer fruit to market. 1..:.--'--: '_■'.' Sydney, November 29. :?.'».- iSinca Saturday 1685 factory enir .■••;'■■ployees liave been thrown out of •■.•''.'" work, bringing the Sydney total to Lj '19,004. , . ..-The Southern .coke workers have de- ;'•:, bided not to handle coal. f- Brisbane, November 29. |, The Tramway Company has disconnected power to those industries which ?'"; have_not been exempted. {■''■'■-'.■' 'It is estimated that during the week .■■;.-' •', 15,000 employees will he made idle. •' ; .TRIBUNAL CLOTHED WITH FULL i ;-■■■'.-• POWERS. | o ' (Rcc. November 29,10.45 p.m.) ; Sydney, November 29.. r. The Coal Strike Tribunal has been \ ■'.. clothed with full powers to settle the dispute and fix the price of coal if necessary. Tho first sitting, was occurs--; pied with preliminaries, and tho Tribunal then adjourned till to-morrow. There have been seventeen convic- [■".■.:-:. tions under the Lighting Act, and fines ;...:■ -inflicted. , Sussex. Street firms havo '~.•■:' anticipated tho Daylight Saving Bill, ; ; :: ' and commence and finish an hour ear- [■_,'. '■•'-. licr. :- : -■ LAUNCESTON MAIL RUN RE- ..'■'...;.- DTJCED. ;■ (Ree. November 29, 10.45 p.m.) '/:: %■■ Melbourne, November 29. The Loongana mail service to Launf'; ceston has been reduced to one trip j>..- per week.' f : :':■■ THE TROUBLE IN ENGLAND ;; ' '.;'.; CRISIS OVER. !•' .Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ; ',' (Rec. November 29, 5.35 p.m.) ' ■'". London, November 2S. i - :- ■ Tho South Wales miners have confer- ;' red with Sir George Askwith (Chief ) ;.■■".'.'. Industrial Conjrnissioner). It is unI; ■ ■ , derstood that as tho result all fears f ;:of a strike are-ended. ! ■: ; STATE CONTROL?' j".'; (Rec. November 29, 11.35 p.m.) ■■■'.;.'/■' London, November 29. !;";/>;>; "Tlio.; "Daily Telegraph" states that ;'■''■during the Board of Trade's negotiafj'KV' tions,. thomen's leaders were asked to ■: j v. define their attitude on a certain pro- ;;;,;. posal, particularly in regard to making } i ..ir--fSoath:Wales milling a controlled indusj pA try under the Munitions Act, hut they i' i '-firmly persisted in their demand for a /; -15 per cent, wage increase, and de T ;,- , clared that the Government's proposals j .',' for conferring Stat© control were lv , : vague. I::' ■ WAR FINANCE IN NEW v :'■'■■; SOUTH WALES pi ■':.■-. REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM ,'.; THE TOTAXISATOR. '{'■■ ' .(ByTelegraph-Press Association-Copyriprlit ;■ (Rcc. November 29, 10.45 p.m.) I" Sydney, November 29. f Speaking in the State Assembly, Mr.' |;.V:' W. A. Holman (the Premier), supplef- nienting tho Financial Statement of ;. ' September 6, said that the estimated >. revenue for the year 1916-17 was { :■ . £20,798,000, au increase of £1,169,000. i. -■;.,..-It is expected-that the introduction of t, '.-(•■ the totalisator will produce £200,000. >■'■■■'■'•'. The estimated' expenditure totalled s'-.•■■ £20,136,000, an'increase of £1,211.000, and the surplus was £23,000. ' Pen- ■ . .'i sions and war services absorbed h : £430,000. ' ■ ■ ;_'" During the Budget speech, Mr.' Hol- ! man announced that the National Min- !.-..-. istry, although averso to' this method I .■.■'.'.. of raising revenue, had definitely de- ■;'. cided to introduce a measure legalising the totalisator. Tho contemplati;-. ;. cd Bill would secure reasonable consid- • '.'.oration of the claims of proprietary (J.clubs, and would not prohjbit book- ,\' makers from operating on the courses. < • BY AEROPLANE TO THE NORTH £_'"' POLE. AMUNDSEN'S PLAN FOR FINAL ■■r'A , ; ; - ■--;:,DASH..- :' ■ : > Australian-New Zealand Cablo Aff ociation.. ;■ / Hew York, November 28. .;■:.- /'Captain, Amundsen has arrived here. .... , : He intends to purchase a specially'conl '■'," structed aeroplane with which to'make his final dash in tho Arctic. He bev , lieves'that Crockorland (said to 'have been discovered by Peary) is a myth'. [Captain Amundsen's chief object is ... to explore tho Polar drift, and he ' hopes to drift with the icepacE directly '[■■■■;■■ across the Pole. In an-interview iii ' 1914 ho said that if he did. not drift ■■-,'■ across the Pole ho anticipated getting /. /...so near to it that.a dash to it would ; :-. be an easy matter. He expects'to ;/• como outinto the Atlantic Ocean between Spitzbergen and Greenland.] | THE RAILWAYS' WAR BURDEN ;, '",■ PASSENGER TRAFFIC MAY BE p' CURTAILED. '. ;•'.■'■■■;. (Ausl.—X.Z. Cable Assn. ond Ecutcr.) 1, ".;.'. r London, Novomber.2B. t ;.-'■;, The Board of Trado emphasises the :■■-. . fact that tho heavy and nrgent de[v • .' ( • mands for the conveyance of vast quan- ;■■■/.;_;; tities, of war material on the railways f. : rendor delay to other traffic inevitable, \l:. ■':",.. and urges that none should travel unI - less it is really necessary. The Board ! ...hints that, otherwise the Government S ' ! may be compelled to restrict travel by ['/■':. railway.