THE COAL STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2928, 14 November 1916, Page 8

THE COAL STRIKE

'.I POSITION DAILY GROWING WORSE v i -77—^ —- SUGAR INDUSTRY MAY BE STOPPED . , DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED TO-DAY By Telegraph-Press Associa tion--Copyrii;ht Sydney, November 13. There are -no-new developments in tho coal strike. Mi-. H. C. Hoyle has returned after a conference with Mr. W. Til. Hughes, /but refused to comment. NEW SOUTH WALES CABINET MEETS WILL AWAIT -FEDERAL CABINET'S DECISION. ' (Rec. November 13, 8.00 p.m.) Sydney, November 13. The State Cabinet has discussed Mr. ■ Hoyle's* recommendations for dealing with the coal crisis, and decided to i await the result of to-morrow's Federal Cabinet meeting,"Mr.' Holman's only , comment being:' "There will probably be developments, this week." Meanwhile, three districts, representing 12,000 miners, have again""o.omanded that all coal bo declared black.] Massed meetings will he held at Newcastle and Maitland to-morrow to demand from the Government the enforcement of the men's terms. Steamers continue to lie '.i.p. • The - crews of the Burns-Philp Island t:iiders have been paid off, affecting supplies 'to the troops at Rabaul. Unless the crisis is overcome before the end of tho week, tie sugar industry will be 1 Drought to a standstill, im thing • 12.003 men. [*Ii was previously reported'that Mr. Hoyle's recommendations'were understood to amount to a concession of the men's demands for the duration of the war, the Government to ' recoup the colliery proprietors, for any loss incurred.] . , THE STRIKE AND NEW-ZEALAND PROSPECT OF TROUBLE REMOTE.' By Telegraph—Press Association. Chrlstchuroh, November 13. ' 'Questioned to-day on the possibility of the Australian coal strike extending . to New Zealand, .Mr. P.- C. Webb, M.P., who is in touch with the mining districts, said he did not nnticipate anything of the- kind. "The onlv chance of such ju-contingenoy," he said', "would follow any attempt to export Xew Zealand coal to Australia, and as tin's country cannot suoply its own, requirements, there is little probability of trouble;"