THE COAL-MINERS' STRIKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 16 November 1907, Page 5

THE COAL-MINERS' STRIKE

NO IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION Sydney, November 15. The colliery proprietors decline to givi any information regarding yesterday'! meeting. It is understood that thej decided to confer with the miners con dltionally upon their returning to wort anil agreeing to give fourteen days' no tice if they should subsequently decidt to strike; they agreed also that an impartial tribunal might adjudicate oil the depute if the miners' federation put up a substantial boud as a guarantee that the miners would agree to the decision given. 'The chairman of the Proprietors' Association is to interview .Mr Wade, the Premier, to-day. The miners will also 'interview him.

Tiie Lambton Pit miners have ceased 1 work. * The ettfcis of the strike are coinmenc- , iug to Inrtoijt in Sydney in earnest. The I price of besty coal, delivered, h;s nd--1 vanci'd to 02 per ton, fur small «pa,V dealers charge 30b. Firewood has also made a strong ad- • vance in price. A number of steam Solliers are laid up. Arrangements have licbp made to curt lil tlu- terry services. Amongst the large industrial concerns threatened with stoppage if tlu strike continues are the breweries. The shortage of coal threatens to endanger the water supply on the hignlU levels of the city and suburbs. " The Labor Council adopted a rt«olution recommending the Governmen\ to acquire the mines and supply all Site requirements. » Nearly seventy vessels are in New* castle harbor waiting for coal.

EFFECT IN OTHER STATES. Melbourne, November 13. The price of screened Newcastle coal is 35s a ton, and dealers show little inclination to sell. A further advance is expected. The price of local coal has advanced 10s a ton. Inter-State shipping companies have made an advance of 10 per cent ail 1' 3 f round on freights. Ie Arrangements are in progress for layiag up a number of inter-State steamit <"*• "At'Slg it Adelaide, November 15. id The shortage of coal is already felt. f. price of coal has made a big 1- jump. - r 1 p, Perth, November 15. e The Timber Workere' Unoin voted £SO 1- to the Newcastle miners. The shipping companies have raised 1- their fares and freights. - CONFERENCE WITH THE PREMIER. r Received Nov. lfi, 1.3 2a.m. e Sydney, November 15. s The result of the coal owners and 1 miners' representatives' interviews with - the Premier to-day have been kept secret, but it is state,l that everything is ' in abeyance till Monday. ° ; EFFECT IN NEW ZEALAND. Per Press Association. Napier, Friday. ' As the result of the miners' strike in ; N»w South Wales a large consumer today received advice that all previous ' quotations had been cancelled. , Dunedin, Friday. The Star says shipping rates will not be increased on intercolonial steamers r as the result of the strike, though a r protrarted strike would render Buch a course inevitable. I„ the Australian ooastal trade the companies have already raised passenger rates by 10 per , cent and freights 25 per cent. The Kari--1 Unt > e »g»ged in the Newcastle-Tasma-nia trade, will be brought to New Zea- , land. The Mararoa was to have been placed on the Sydney-Hobart trade, but the order has been cancelled for the p»e»ent. L I