AN EMERGENCY MEASURE

Nelson Evening Mail, 17 November 1916, Page 6

AN EMERGENCY MEASURE

OPPOSITION STONEWALL. MANY WORKERS IDLE(Rec> 11-20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Pay. lit the Assemblv Mr Hall introduced a Eill to curtail the supply of gas for electric .power to .pass all its stages m one sitting. •. The Opposition began, a stonewall anc after two* hours the closure was applied and' the BEI proceeded w?th. Mr Hall stated that- ajbout 1500 factories and 20.000 workers would be affected! bv the passing of the Bui. at .•would mean that after.Friday. aU Theatres and (picture shows depending on (municipal supplies would have to ckseIt was .proposed -to cut c£. the gas sup,plv from? nine to five daily. \Yalsb- Island engineering works are closing on Tuesday rendering idle 12,000. fEhe Government-has requisitioned all coal held bv breweries. A meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board' at Woilbngong .carried a motion for genrai cessation of work in all al- " lied trades in order to terminate the strike. ' DRASTIC ACTION NECESSARY. TO COAL TRANSPORTS. *Rec. 11.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Alt Jensen states that the conference was abortive. Drastic action is Jieces- " saxy to-'coal transports. ' Tliey had alreadyl xeqtuisitioned s-upplies for hydrauEc power and gas companies. SOUTH BRISBANE IX DARKNESS<Rec. 11.20 a.m.) • BRISBANE, This Day. As a result of the strike, South Brisbane is in darkness.