BRISBANE LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1371, 23 February 1912, Page 5

BRISBANE LABOUR.

A COAL SHORTAGE

STRIKERS' EFFORT TO BLOCK SUPPLIES. THE MEN DISAPPOINTED. liy Telosrraph—Press Association-CopyrigM (Hoc. February 22, !) p.m.) Brisbane, February 22. The Employer*' Federation claims that ample labour is available for transport work, including shipping. Negotiations are proceeding for (he importation of a large supply of Japanese coal at an (ally dale. The employers in the timber trade have declined to confer with the men. The strikol-s are much disappointed at the report from Melbourne that tho Compulsory Tramway Conference has proved abortive.

MINERS' AID SOUGHT,

RAILWAYS SHORT OF COAL. (Rec. February 22, 9 p.m.) Sydney, February 20. The Strike Committee ar Brisbane has advised its representatives in Sydney (lint no coal is available for the Queensland railways, and that wood is being urflised. The committee has instructed 'the representatives to proceed to the South Coast mining districts, and to arrange that no coal will be shipped thence to Brisbane. The representative added that he had been officially advised that Xcwcas'.!= was "nil right," meaning that no coal would bo sent to Queensland from there. ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS. MR. JUSTICE HIGGINS nOPEFUL. Melbourne, February 22. The Federal Arbitration Court to-day continued the hearing of evidence in (he Brisbane tramway strike ease. Witnesses employed in tho Adelaide and Melbourne tramway services testifi.nl that they had been subjected to abuse because they had not worn badges. Tho President of the Court, Mr. Justice Higgins, stated that he thought he saw a way to a settlement. A conference has been arranged, and (he Court has adjourned. MORE TROUBLE AT SYDNEY. STEAMER'S DISCHARGE BLOCKED. (Rec. February 23, 0.45 a.m.) Sydney, February 22. The wharf labourers have refused to discharge the Adelaide Company's steamer Marlon from Brisbane, declaring that tho cargo has been handled by non-unionists.