GLOOMY OUTLLOK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2935, 22 November 1916, Page 7

GLOOMY OUTLLOK

NO SffllMM B THE COAI STRIKE. MEN'S CONCESSION TO SMALL ABMSFBCTOBY SYDNEY'S PLIGHT IBrTcleETaph-.PTess Association-Copyright Sydney, November 21. At meetings of the miners at Greta, Whitburn, Broxburnj Rothbury. and Weston, oTorwhelminß majorities were recorded in favour of a motion against taking a_ ballot to resume work. Lithgow small arms factory ia resuming operations. The miners have agreed to supply coal. A further proclamation permits the Use of lifts until Thursday. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK LATEST REPORTS ON THE SITUATION. (Reel November 21, 10.50 p.m.) . Sydney, November 21. The greatest apprehension is felt with regard to the attitude of the miners. Reports from the various coalfields are fc'.oomy and confusing in the aggregate. A meeting of the south coast miners resolved against a ballot, which has again been postponed. The northern, district is apparently awaiting the result' of this meeting before i taking action. The gas restrictions have caused a rush for cooking' stoves and kerosene. The stocks of the former are practically exhausted. There are ample supplies of kerosene. '• "v Gloom prevails in the city to-night. The newspaper offices and' shops are working by the aid of lamps and candles. Patrol men are out to prevent any contravention of the regulations and enforce uenaltits. .The Walsh Island Dockyard men have been'paid off, and the dockyard workshops closed indefinitely. EFFECT ON RED FUNNEL FLEET ' PALOONA WITHDRAWN FROM HER SCHEDULE. £yTeleßraph--Pr(>.ss Associntion-.Copyriitlit Dunedln, November 21. ' As a result of the Australian coal strike, the Paloona, which arrived this morning from Melbourne and Bluff, will be withdrawn from that service. Meantime she will sail to-morrow for Lyttelton. and Wellington/and then return to' Port Chalmers and lie up. The Wiminera, the other boat in the Melbourne-" New Zealand service, will also probably •he laid up. " ■ •■■ [Inquiries made at the local office of the Huddart-Parker, Ltd., yesterday elicited the information that the Wimmera will withdraw from the Mel-bourne-New ZeaJand service on arrival hero on November 30.]