MORE COAL MINE STOPPAGES

Chronicle (Levin), 1 July 1946, Page 5

MORE COAL MINE STOPPAGES

^ . Received Sunday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, June 30. All sixteen mines on the south coast of New South Wales will stop work tomorrow, causing the coal loss for the day of 11,000 tons. The men will discuss the dust 'menace in the southern fields and will demand immediate action. It is estimated 150,000 people will he unemployed in Brisbane next week unless the strike involving the meat workers, miners and ^iratersiders is settled at the compulsory conference called hy the Premier, Mr, Hanion. Some left wing nnions involved in the stoppage are strongly pressing for Federal Goyernment intervention to settle the meat dispute. Brisbane is seetliing witli industrial politics. Yesterday ,3000 unionists met at the stadium and listened to speeches from members of tlie disputes committee, who condemned the action of the jpovernment in ordering a secret ballot and 'the seizing of the union eards to earry it out. At the same time about 600 women held a meeting of protest against the strikers in the City Hall. For reasons which are obseure, all liotels in Brisbane have ceased the sale of liquor for the duration of the power rgstrictions. This is not official, but it is understood. that the licensees were "requested" by tlie Licensing Commission not to sell liquor. Not eyen the residents of hotels can gpt a drinlc. ' '