NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 6 January 1908, Page 2

NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE.

SITUATION GRAVE. Sydney, January 4. al, j idle at Newcastle, ncludin" th« Lumblon, Uurwod, West, Wa?lsend\ .«..thern and Extended mines.' ■I he Premier has wired to the Tro-' «.lcnt of me Miner*' Federation urg■i'S the resumption of work. He says - -w coiijd not emphasise too strongly the gravity of the situation. * The colliery proprietors, w ], en the ■ anions •'yeml- , vaß formed, agreed to •nereMe the hewing rate by 4d per ton '» »wl «fter Ist January, when the seirng price of coal was to be raised « from )0s to U, per ton. The men, however demanded that the hewing rate should be increased to Bd. "They also sked for a general working day of eiebt jimiw from bank to bank for aU S •>«» of the Colliery Employees' Fedc* -inn. Ihe proprietors were obdurate, n„k, ?h C reSl ! ,ted ' lmt "«ntually , Jiank. to the good offices 6S Mr. Wade New hoiith Wales Premier, the men %' Mimed work, tne points in depute being mdlTfi. *1 ta *J lo tribunal ' nder the president of Judge Hey,l„„. I he court assembled la*t month, but the ™>lt of its deliberations has not vet been made public. '

NO CHANGE IN THE POSITION. Received Jan. 0, 1 a.m. .... : Sydney, Last Night. I hero is no change in the position BANK-TO-BANK PRINCIPLE. Per Ptbbb Association. Mr 1 1 r. Westport, Saturday. w e nl 7 V ,Bm Union ' Proceeded to n« lington to arrange for the Initiation f .. Prot-eodings to test the validity ■>f be Arbitration Court award in eon-