THE MINING DISPUTE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20906, 21 December 1929, Page 13

THE MINING DISPUTE

GRAVE EXTENSION PROBABLE.

DECISION OF THE LODGES,

NEW METHODS AT EOTHBURY.

(United Press Association.)

(By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.)

SYDNEY, December 19,

At Rothbuvy a meetifig of representatives of the whole of the northern mining lodges decided to go again to the Rothbury mine on a greater scale' and' in different manner from that ofothe previous occasion. Other decisions made were to boycott any industrial company or firms supplying foodstuffs to the free labourers and the police.

It was decided that all the men should be withdrawn from the whole of the unassociated collieries on the northern fields, and that all the lodges should picket their respective mines on Monday next. The police confiscated 12,000 military cartridges from Cessnock Rifle Club on public safety grounds. Branxton shopkeepers, fearing a boycott, refused to serve the police who arrived in town. ‘

It is not expected that the men will resume work to-day as instructed by Mr Justice Beeby.

WRIT AGAINST NEWSPAPER,

MR J. GARDEN CLAIMS DAMAGES,

SYDNEY, December 19,

On behalf of Mr J. Garden (secretary of the Trades and Labour Council) a writ has been issued out of the Supreme Court against Smith’s Newspapers, Limited, claiming £SOOO damages in respect to an article dealing with Garden’s attitude during the Eothbury trouble.

MR JUSTICE BEEBY’S ORDER,

IGNORED BY BOTH SIDES,

SYDNEY, December 20.' (Received Deo. 20, at II p.m.) Messages from the northern coal fields state that no miners applied for work at any of the associated idle collieries in accordance with Mr Justice Beeby’s order for reopening these mines, neither did the coal owners make the slightest effort to Reopen them. • The order was thus ignored by both sides. Coal hewing is still proceeding smoothly at Rothbury, and some trucks are filled ready for transportation.' Approximately 2000 strikers marched to a small bush colliery called Myall Mine, nead Cardiff, this morning and induced the non-union miners employed there to refrain from going to work. Tins colliery has been/ working right through the dispute until to-day.