THE COAL STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2931, 17 November 1916, Page 5

THE COAL STRIKE

MR. HUGHES MEETS BOTH • -PARTIES ONLY ! 800 TONS FOR THE TRANSPORTS A SERIOUS PROSPECT "By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Bee. November 16, 10.45 p.m.) Melbourne, November 16. Mr. AV. M. Hughes, the Federal Prime Minister, addressing the Coal Conference, said that unless the Government got coal the small arms factory would close on Saturday. Only SOO tons were available for the transports. The wheat ships were due, and without wheat the war could! not continue. The miners' representatives repeated their demands, declaring that they had been locked out. The proprietors said that the precedent to a settlement was that all the men should resume work at the same : time. PROPOSmTbY MR. HUGHES PROSPECT OF SETTLEMENT (Bee. November 17, 1.25 a.m.) Melbourne, November 16. At the Coal Conference,- after a| lengthy discussion, Mr. Hughes proposed that the men be recommended, to resume immediately on condition that the Arbitration TSrarl, or a special tribunal, hear the case. . Work will bo resumed presumably on Monday. The Conference has adjournecTtill to-morrow fo consider the proposal. Sydney, November 16; The Gas Company is only able. to supply the city for another week. . The proposal to declare all coal "black" has' been deterred. Meanwhile both sides are inactive, .ponding the result of the compulsory conference. POLITICAL CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA NEW FEDERAL CABINET MEETS TEST OF STRENGTH IN NEW SOUTH WALES By ToleEranh-Press Melbourne, November 16. The uew_G'abinet met and outlined it: policy, which will be announced whei the House meets on the 29th hist. THREAT IN NEW~SOUTH WALE! ASSEMBLY EXTREMIST.ARGUMENT FOR .■':[ LAWLESSNESS . Sydney, November 16. • In the .New South' Wales State As ■Sembly Mr. Holman tested the strengtl of the new Opposition on a motion fo: adjournment by leading his follower from the 'Chamber,: when the Housi was counted out. ■ During tbe.debate Mr. M'Girr.saii that because of the attitude, of Mr Holman .informing-a National Party the people- would take up a lawless at titude, as the Government did 1 not, re present them. Mr. Holman was hoi able to hide from the.electors by stay ing. in Parliament,'as a provisioua Government would be formed. A PROTEST MARCH TO PARLIAMENT. ■ '. .. . Sydney, November 16.At the conclusion of the meeting t< (protest against the prolongation o Parliament, three thousand peopl marched to Parliament to present th resolution." They found-that the Hous had adjourned. After a demonstratio: against the Government the crowd dis persed. PUNITIVE EXPEDITION . FRANCO-BRITIsfIICES LAND IN , NEW HEBRIDES . V SHARP FIGHTING ißy,Tel6graph--Prcs6 Association-Gopvricli .■',-■ Sydney; November 16. ' The steamer Pacifique, from Hebrides, reports the landing of a Bri tish and French' punitive expeditio at Malekula to avenge the recent mat sacres. The natives were well a.rmec .and a sharp fight ensued, nine of th expeditionary troops being killed an ' a bluejacket wounded. The . native were severely punished. . After th forces returned, the ships heavily shel ed the villages and plantations. THE NIGERIA AUCTION SAL] A GERMAN REPRISAL'.. Anßtralian-Kew Zealand Cable Associatlol (Rec. November 16, 7.10 p.m.) ~| Amsterdam, November IS. Asia reprisal for'the forced* sale c German property in Nigeria, the Gei ma.n Government.is selling the palac of Sir Francis Oppenheimer, formerl British Consul-Genoral at Frankfur The property is valued at two millio marks (£100,000). THE AUSTRIAN AIR ATROCIT NINETY PEOPLE KILLED; Australian-New Zealand Cable Associatio (Rec. November 16, -7.10 p.m.) Rome, November 15. Ninety. people were KHled as the r suit of the Austrian air raid on Padu ; STEFANSSON PLANS NEW . EXPEDITIONS Australian-New Zcal<md Cable Associate Washington, November 15. Mr. ■ Stefansson, in a letter, pla two expeditions, one to the west-norl west of Cape Alfred, and the other explore the new land discovered \i year. There may not he further ne of the expedition till 1918. OBITUARY * MR. C. STODHOLME. A Press Association message in Sydney last evening announced i death, from pneumonia, ofMr. Carli Studholme, the well-known New % land sportsman, of AVaihao* Dow South Canterbury. ' AEEYOUR TEETH CLEAN? Of course, you use a dentifrice re'] larly. But powder or pasto won't move tartar or decaying matter fr minute recesses. Let me euro for yi teeth. My Denial Service is will known for Skill, Carefulness, and C ftideration. W. P. Sommerville, '"J />reful Dentist," Molcsworth Streel JA.<lvt.