THE COAL TROUBLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1919, Page 4

THE COAL TROUBLE.

REFUSAL TO UNLOAD CARGO, A SERIOUS SITUATION. (By Wire.—Own Correspondent.) Wellington, Last Night. Tie action of in withholding labor from the steamer Kaiapoi, coal-laden from Newcastle, is not yet explained. Union officers are reticent. There will not be another call for late until Tuesday morning. If it is again withheld a serious situation will he created since the continuance of the "go-slow" policy at the mines, though in a modified form, is causing the railway Department and the country generally to he increasingly dependent on imported coal. The watersiders, of course, are in alliance with the miners, but they had not previously taken part in the present dispute.

IDLE MINERS AND WATERSIDERS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 25. When the Kaiapoi berthed this morning with 2400 tons of Newcastle coal there was no response from watersiders to the call to work. As to-day is a halfholiday and Monday a whole holiday there will be no further developments till Tuesday. A MINE IDLE. Dunedin, Oct. 25. The Taratu miners stopped work yesterday, alleging that one man had been victimised. The manager denies victimisation, stating that the man was discharged for absenting himself without reasonable excuse, The mine is still idle, but hopes are entertained that it will resume work on Tuesday.