TROUBLE AT NEWCASTLE.
GENiEIRAiL LOCE-OUT EXPECTED. /
(Per United Press Association-)
('Received 10th, 1-40 a-ni-)
SYDNEY, September 9There is every prospect of a general lock-out of the Maitland district minersFailing in- negotiations for the abolition of the working of the dog watch in pits on, Sunday niigihts the Kuiri Kuri miners gave a fortnight's notice, iwhicb teiinknates at midnight to-night-This notice directly affects 275 mem, but reports from Newcastle toniglit states thait tihe OAwriiers are deteoniinedl tlhat if the mien refuse to work the dog watch, they ■will not be allowed to .enter the pits to-morrow morning- This means- idling about 2000 men.
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Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10592, 10 September 1906, Page 2
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