COAL STRIKE

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 447, 15 November 1916, Page 4

COAL STRIKE

( ONSERA'ATION OK POWER. Austi:slir.n and N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ MELROCRXE, X, v. 1-1. Air -1 *:i«oti is considering the question ill' preventing electric iindertukiniis and gas companies t!irou.'^liont the Com-n'onw-alt't using eoal in supply power t-'i be lories nut. eiiuaeod iii work tor militate or naval purposes or tin' maiiulaotur. oi necessary I'oodst u! N. MANTFACITRKRS' PRdPoS.iL. RAILWAY SERVICE'- (T.RTAIi.ED. A proposal is assumim. 1 ; concrete form to ilio ol'l'ocl that ai! m.'liui'acitirel's ilir I'.ieh'MH tin' ( eiiiriiojiweah h -'h edd form ... rogi-rfored oi'L'lani.-a'.ioii <o enable till' Chamber oi Ma nm'aot titers whenever the unions limit tin' law U> ccnibiiiediy light for 151 ■- ■ principle at stake. Tin- railway services have boon drastically curtailed. ALT, COAL DECLARED • I'.LAt lv.' ! shortage of sepplies. SYDNEY.. Xov. 11. Tito secretary ol Hie Miners' Associiition states that as -.lie majority ol the minors' have asked that all coal he declared "black," it is difficult to s;-o how the executive can ignore the request. The question will he definitely decided on Thursday. The City Council lias only sufficient eoal to last i'or eight days. A Bill is being introduced in the Assembly with the object of empowering Uio City Council to confine the supply n[ electricity to certain essential industries. Private lighting will not be allowed under heavy penalties. The northern miners rejected the proposal to remove all eoal now stacked at collieries I'or the use of transports only. DEVELOPMENTS PRORA RLE. ASSOCIATION'S CONTENTION. Mr Jlolman states there will probably vie developments in tie? coal strike during the week. The Miners' Association's general secretary contends flint the owners are guilty ol' a, lockout-. The miners are always prepared to work in accordance with the terms of their log. FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN. BRISBANE, Nov. 11. Numbers of factories have closed down. The Gas Company's supply of eoal is almost exhausted. WORKERS BLAME THE GOVERNMENT. Australian, and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received 0.20 p.m., Nov. Mth. SYDNEY, Nov. 14. Mass meetings at Newcastle and Maitlatld blamed the Labour Government for the present crisis, by not lntying granted' the men's demands. They appointed deputations to urge the Government, in order to avert a grave national disaster, to pass an Act embodying the "bank to bank" principle. The Moeraki has sufficient eoal and sails on Thursday. PROVISION FOB URGENT - CONFERENCE. Received 1.30 a.m., Nov. 15th. MELBOURNE, Nov. 14. The Federal Council passed the War Precautions Regulations, empowering the Federal Government to summon an urgent conference of those, concerned in the coal strike.