THE COAL STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2932, 18 November 1916, Page 10

THE COAL STRIKE

POSITION OF THE TROOP TRANSPORTS DRASTIC ACTION MAY BB NECESSARY ANOTHER FRUITLESS CONFERENCE ' JyTelemiih-Press Association-Copyright . . Melbourne, November 17. The Hon. J. A. "Jensen (Minister for >;;■: , ; the Navy), states that, if the Coal Coil- ; lerenco is- abortive;.- drastic action will be neccssaryto obtain:coar for the transports.'"Already the Government , ,uad requisitioned the supplies of the 1 ) ,'iydraulic power and gas companies. ' THE CONFERENCE AT MELBOURNE A DEADLOCK. (Rec. November 17, 9.35 p.m.) i . n Melbourne, November 17. ■ ■ The Coal Conference resumed be- ; h!E « dosed doors. It. is understood ■ cach slqo made couritcr-pro-posala which were not accepted. Finally, Jlr.-Hughes temporarily adjourncd. the' Conference, to allow of consideration of the Government's proposal. WINERS TO BALLOT ON QUESTION Of RESUMPTION (Rec. November 18, 0.30 a.m.) V Melbourne, November 17. ; ' ' At a conference of the miners' reprei » ■; ■■ ;Sentatives it was decided to call aggre- . gate meetings of all districts for Moilday, and take a ballot on the question of an immediate resumption of work in rV,- ; accordance with Jlr. Hughes's proposal. If this is accepted work-will be resumed on Wednesday or Thursday. " CUTTING DOWN SYDNEY'S GAS AND J ELECTRIC POWER . NO GAS FROM 9'TILL 5. ' , . Sydney, November 17. ' . In the Assembly, tho Hon. D. R. flail (State Attorney-General) - intro- ' . , ; fluced: a-Bill to curtail the supply of fias and electric power, to pass all .. . . stages at one sitting. The Opposition . . began a stonewall, and after two hours the closure was applied and' the Bill ■ was proceeded with. . Mr. Hall, stated that about fifteen hundred factories and twenty thousand lyorkers would be affected by the passing of the Bill, and it would mean that if tor Friday all the theatres and piclure shows depending on municipal supplies would liave'to close. He proposed to cut off the gas supply from 9 (o 5 o'clock daily. The Walsh Island engineering works ;;-',?V ir e closing on Tuesday, when twelve thousand men will be thrown out of , work. -.The Government has requisitioned all coal held by breweries. i ■'JILL THROUCH BOTH HOUSES. - ' : ACT NOW rN OPERATION. ' (Rec. November 17, 9.35 p.m.) Sydney, November 17. The Gas and Electric Ligkiibg Re- ' i fcriction Bill-has passed both Houses. The new lighfing Act operated for a . diort time . to-day, ..when candles were fequistioned for interior lighting, but after a. meeting of the newly-appointed , ■ Light and Power Board, it was decided to give the city twenty-four liours' grace. It is now proposed to cut off all power at midnight on Sunday, and private lighting, including theatres and . r " private houses, at' midnight on Monday. . The:penalty for any contravention of the Act is £300. ..

RESOLUTION TO CALL OUT ALLIED TRADES • ; . Sydney, November 17. . . ■ At a meeting of the Miners' Dele- . gate Board at Wollongong, a motion was passed that there should he a v. general cessation of ; work in all allied trades, in order to terminate the strike. - SOUTH BRISBANE I IN DARKNESS. , • , Brisbane, November 17. _As a result of the strike, South ■ Brisbane is in darkness. "GO-SLOW "TACTICS MILLIONS LOST BY RESTRICTED .. OUTPUT. •, . Sydney, Novomber 17. At the annual meeting of tho Employcfs' Federation the president'quoted instances'of .tie "go slow" policy! In this State alone, he said, the loss fan into millions yearly. In one of - the Federal factories tho men were ■ turning out a certain. article at tho rate of forty daily 'that'were made by one man easily at ninety; yet the 'pre-' 6ent output was still forty. In the ■ majority of industries the output is 25 to 50 per cent, less than it should he. . -During 1914-15 strikes , kept- oil . an.. . . average 5000 employees idle. He re-' . gretted that the .whole of the people . here refused to be 'guided bv their ... leaders. In a spirit ofselfishness . they. had allied themselves to a dis- -■ .® cc '' on of the community with the object of preventing the Commonwealth redeeming its pledge to assist m ti l 6 prosecution of the.war' to the end. . to returned soldiers being • unfit Jor-sustained effort, the president . said, it 'would .be necessary For iiie - "ages Board awards to be'revised, or . Ihey would be unable to secure' proper ' , . remuneration.'. . . QUEENSLAND'S WAR LEGISLATION NEAV TAX-ON FOREIGN BANKING . AND INSURANCE. By Tel"ei'apli--Fress' Asfooiation-Cooyriclit , (Rec. November' 17,, 9.35 p.m.) Brisbane,' November 17. The Queensland State Legislative • Council has carried an amendment ; against a Government proposal for the abolition of the Upper House by J9' votes to 3.. The Government's new taxation pro- / posals include 18d. in the £ on tlio assessable incomes of foreign banking and insurance companies as from the end of last December. A Bill has been introduced disqualifyV ing from membership in Parliament persons acting as directors, attorneys, or solicitors for monopoly or alien coiii- : panics. : NEW-WIRELESS CHAIN Auetralian-Ncv.* Zealand Cable Association. ... N3W Yorlt, November 16. . ' The wireless service announced be- . tween the United States'and Japan, with a relay to Honolulu, has been . augmented. President AY ikon sent the following . message to the Emperor of. Japan— "May the day soon como when the voice of peace will go into all tie ■ world." NEW LAND IN THE ARCTIC (Kmiter's Telecram.) Vancouver, November 10. > Tho explorer Stefansson reports tho discovery of new land, 78dcg. north latitude, - 116 west longitude.