N.S.W. COLLIERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 5

N.S.W. COLLIERS.

INTERESTING BALLOT RESULTS. SMALL VOTING. 1 .By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. , . ■ ~ Sydnoy,. January 17; - With regard to tho .ballot of the .Southern miners on whether or not they shall accept , a Wages Board (which bal-lot'-was reported yesterday to show , a small- majority in. favour of. acceptance),' the.. miners were; apathetic, proportionately. Very few voting, - ill ;, the lodges in : the- iMaitland'. district rejected ' the, Wages Board. . •

HEARING OF STRIKE CIIAItdES. .;' . (Rec.'January 17, 10.22 p.m.) \' VSydney, January 17. ■ The. hearing . of'. the. strike charges under, the; Industrial Disputes Act .against Messrs. Howling,: Iluttbn, llutlcr,; trod 0 Coftnotj. miners' leaders, ■ was resumed to-day in tho Industrial Court.-, The evideilce;: of ,;tho - managers .of . a number' of Southern 1 Collieries. , went -'.to ; show that' the.;*, agroement. between. the : mine-owners - and the i miners expired. in 'March > lafet;; but ■ th.by, had -since 'been: working ;; under this condi 1 .witness©: knew,; of ■no real - grievances the Southern men had. ... The 'Australian WoTkers'-Xlnion has. voted relief to the strikers, V; -

. WAGES &OARD ADOPTED. BUT THIS; IS ONLY A' FIRST STEP TO SLTTLEMDNT BOWLING'S. CONGRESS APPROVED V (Eec. JafiiiaiTf 18, 0.10 a!ni.) Sydney, January 17 . The Southern Miners' biiUßt; covered a dual l as to the' acceptanco of a' iWhges 1 Board;' and as to the-, acceptance ofMr. Bowling's new. Strike Congress, as against :■ the»old ".and .more widely fiSiigti-" tuled Strike CongTess.' The iinal results show-that-the'.Wages Board and Mr. Bowling's' Strike: Congress are accepted. Tho results; J.- :■.' v.Fdr tho Wages' ;Board- : .. u ...,.....„. 1 ,„. 958 Against tho:Wages'.'Board . 855 r:; '.iiajsHty' 103. ;.: Strike ; Congress -, 910; For ; old Strike Congress 877 ~ Miijorily for ,Son-ling's ' 33, ' Many of tho . minors • did not record their, .votes in tho'ballot.. ' '•! Tliis is only a first step toward a settlement. • According *to the ' of the Coalworkers' Federation, it is tho> roughly. understood- that, - tho southerfi miners will 'not return' to work before' the- ibrtlWrn men. ' - ..- ,■ ' . ;• .'A; repfosehiativd of coai .eompiny:;:; is responsible for tho. statement that tho northern prbprietors will inevitably. rfcfnse Mr. Bowling's schefnb ;of dr r bitration, and ivill'' accept nothing'-but a >™ges I board under" tile -induStriaiVDis--putesAofc :>■'l' ,: >-.-fi,.v:' - ■.; ; ; , 1;■