COAL FROM ABROAD

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14510, 13 November 1909, Page 2

COAL FROM ABROAD

INDUSTRIES CLOSING DOWN.

(Received Nov. 13, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 13. In Mr. Bowling's scheme for working a. colliery or collieries by the Miners Federation, the pits mentioned arc Young, Wallsend, and Ebbwvale. Negotiations are in progress, and- ii 1 is understood that steps towards completing the agreement are well advanced. Tho eftect* of tho strike are being severely felt at Newcastle. The export ot coal- ior the week jUBt ended was 1800 tons, compared -with 10,800 for the previous week, and 80,000 tons for the corresponding week of last year. The general trade of the town b at a standstill Advices received in Sydney state that a shipment of coal has already lert Hongkong for Australia, and quotations have been received from Natal and Japan for cargoes to be delivered within a month. Reports from other States indicate that tho effects of the strike are becoming serious. In Melbourne there is an increasing tendency to reduce the hands employed in the large manufacturing and commercial establishments. All the existing coal supply contracts with Melbourne terminated yesterday, the contractors taking advantage of tho strike clauses in the agreements. The Australian Paper Mills Propno tary has closed down its works at Melbourne aud Geelong owing to the lack of coal. m ■ ■ ~ Asked in the House whether he had not the power under the law of Eminent Domain to work the mines as Mr. Roosevelt intended to do at one- time in America, Mr. Dcakin, Federal Premier^ stated that Eminent Domain did not exist to the same extent in Austrafia as .in America. The Commonwealth .Government, he added, had not the* control over itp lands that .the American Government baxL