The Coal Strike
MATTERS DRIFTING BADLY. Press -Association— Oopyngnt. (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, November 23. The president of the Chamber of Manufacturers states that over fifty thousand are idle as the result of the coal strike, and if it lasts another fortnight, three thousand factories will be closed. The position of shipping is daily more acute, and almost every oversea ant] inter-State vessel arriving is being laid up. The Lithgow small-arms factory is again practically idle, the miners refusing to allow coal to carters from the pit mouth. COMMANDEERING COALAND COKE. NEW ZEALAND SERVICE SUSPENDED. Press Association—Copyright. (Received 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, November 23. A regulation empowers the authorities to commandeer' all supplies of coal and coke exceeding five tons. Direct service to New Zealand lias beeji suspended from to-day. MEN'S DETERMINED ATTITUDE. Press Association—Copyright. (Received 9.25 a.m.) Sydney, November 23. The president of the Miners' Federation states definitely that the proprietors' terms will never be accepted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 99, 23 November 1916, Page 2
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156The Coal Strike Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 99, 23 November 1916, Page 2
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