WIDESPREAD TROUBLE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14509, 12 November 1909, Page 2

WIDESPREAD TROUBLE.

SHIPS AND INDUSTRIES IDLE.

(Received Nov. 12, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 12. I The miners' delegate to the board has issued a statement of the grievances upon which the Newcastle strike was declared. It covers the. whole of the troubles of the northern coal field* for several years. Many points are raised of an intricate character.

Mr. Bowling, referring to tie Government's proposed action, said that Mr. Wade's speech contained a threat in almost every line. He appeared "to be using threatening language to bluff. He might frighten, but the miners were not to be frightened that way. If Mr. Wade took action it would be somewhere else than Newcastle, and it would not be one of the miners who should be first arrested.

The coastal steam ship companies have followed the interstate companies in raising freights and fares. The Union Company and the Huddart Parker Proprietary anticipate little difficulty in securing coal. The Union Company has a stock of 2000 tons at Newcastle which is reserved for the passenger service. The stoppage of the southern supplies is likely to seriously interfere with the other companies. Fuel for domestic purposes is getting scarce and the' stoppage of work by a number of firms is inevitable unless an early settlement is arrived at.