Empire Outposts.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 274, 4 November 1916, Page 5

Empire Outposts.

AUSTRALIA. THE COAL STRIKE. BOTH SIDES OBDURATE. PREPARED FOR LONG STRUGGLE. f AVSTH-U.IAX AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.]

Sydney, Nov. 3. flic Cabinet discussed Lie coal crisis and decided to fix prices so as to prevent any inflation. anil to issue a proclamation to ascertain the available supplies and commandeer if necessary. The State Railway Department has seized all stocks awaiting shipment at Pyrmont and Newcastle. Meanwhile both sides are settling down to a long fi,ght. The proprietors are contending that “bank to bank” means from the time the last man enters the pit until the first man is out. The miners say it means first in and last Melbourne, Nov. 3. The Federal authorities have decided to commandeer all supplies. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE INVOLVED. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] (Received 4, 11.20 a.m.) Sydney, Nov. 4.. The miners remain firm in their demands. There are indications of a protracted struggle. One of the men’s officials stated that if the trouble was prolonged, New Zealand mniers would join the forces within a week. NOTES FROM VARIOUS STATES [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] The export price of wheat has been fixed as flour for the United Kingdom and East at 5/6 a bushel, for New Zealand as grain at 5/3. The Director of Mines in the Northern Territory reports the discovery of a new wolfram field at Hatches Creek covering eight square miles. Sixty-two tons worth £10.400 have already been produced. (Wolfram is the ore of the metal tungsten. Its colour .is generally a brownish or greyish black, and it has a reddish brown streak.)