COLLIERIES CLOSED.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16567, 3 June 1914, Page 10

COLLIERIES CLOSED.

JHE AFTERNOON SHIFT DISPUTE. i FOUR THOUSAND MEN IDLE. BOTH SIDES DETERMINED. Oy Telegraph—Picas• Association—Copyright SYDNEY, June 2. The executive officers of the Mine Employees' Federation state that the men are determined that the afternoon shift must end, though the heavens should fall. ;The president said that no industry ■ lent itself more to nationalisation than the coal trade. (Received June 2, 9.30 p.m-) •Nine Maitland collieries, where the men refused to work afternoon shift, were closed to-day. About four thousand men are idle. Both sides are determined but reticent. The men expect to obtain the support of the Australian Union Federation, and declare that if it should be, forthcoming they can win. There is no present indication of the Strike spreading to other districts.