Trivial Causes Of Three N.S.W. Disputes

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1949, Page 7

Trivial Causes Of Three N.S.W. Disputes

(Rec. 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Three disputes over what appear to be trivial causes threaten supplies of power, coal and beer in New South Wales.

Because a man did not buy a ticket to a staff picnic his fellow employees in the Newcastle power house have imposed an overtime ban. As a result the Sydney power supply may be affected at the peak periods. The man concerned offered to pay the ’price of the ticket (4s) as a contribution to the picnic fund, but this was refused. Two main New South Wales breweries have decided to cut supplies of bulk beer by 30 per cent, after Easter. They claim that this is because maintenance men at the breweries banned overtime to force their claim for a dozen bottles of beer weekly. The overhauling of the machinery will now have to be done in the normal production time. A stoppage at the Waratah - colliery, Newcastle, occurred because of the '■“objectionable smell” coming from the pit horses. Officers of the miners’ lodge said that the horses which work underground had never been washed and that as the day was fine the men decided to give the management a Chance to wash them.