COAL SITUATION.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 July 1919, Page 5

COAL SITUATION.

.———-——o-———— RAILWAY SERVIQES CUT DOWN. HOUSEHOLDERS.’ SUPPLIES RESTRICTED. LONDON, July 22", The Coal Controller has restricted householders to one hundredweight each delivery. Railway companies have notified the public that it is, necessary to considerably reduce passenger service, and it may be impossible to guaz-_ antee bringing back holidaymakers from seaside resorts. The pump men and‘ engine men at three mines in South Yorkshire have idecided to resume work so as to avoid damage to the pits. Thousands of mining engineers and others are offering to replace the strikers to save the mines. , Ten thousand Notts miners have struck. Nottingham streets are unllightedf I Few miners are working in Dur—ham, but 30,000 are out ill Derbyshire. On the other hand, a mass meeting’ at Burnley (Lancashire) adopted _a resolution to resume forthwith. NEW ZEALANDERS HOME. 1 WARD BOUND. i ' WELLINGTON, July 24 F The Minister of Internal Affairs ‘Has received the following cable from the tNew Zealand Government agent in Sydney: The Mahia left Sydney, via ‘Newcastle for Auckland yesterday ;evening, carrying 60 passengers, ill- - Imperial military details per ;Beltana and Aeneas, New Zealand §foptballel'S, and a small number of others. ' LABOUR DISPUTES_AT NAPIER_ NAP-lER, this day. The Conciliation Council sat here ‘to-day. In the Bakers’ dispute a settlement was reached 011 all questions _ except 4'.vages‘:van_'§l_'VlElOl‘_l‘_rs,__ }vhi_<:h is _t.o‘;be refel'l'e(l ‘to, tliej V4ll-bitration Court. I‘ ' A ,_ - , . The drivers’ dispute" .s_'h_eing heard, and it isanticipated‘ a”se,t_tlenien't vvillv be reached on the lines _'fof recent Aiielclaiid -aglrceinentf I , I