THE AUSTRALIAN COAL STRIKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 247, 24 November 1909, Page 2

THE AUSTRALIAN COAL STRIKE

By Cable.—Pn.se Association.—Oopyngm

Sydney, November £•■■ Mr. Wade, Premier of New tkiutnl Wales, wrote to /.Ur. Bowling asking for a more definite statement of hiY proposals for an open conference in order to lay the information before the [proprietors. The strike congress* drafted and forwarded a reply to Mr. Wade.

The members of the Federated En-1 Igine-drivers' Association throw in their I lot with the strikers. As a result thej I pumping machinery and fans at many J of the mines are being kept goi-ig by the managers and other official*, The general secretary of the Enginedrivers' Association sought admission to the strike congress, which, however, decided that such a course »u-> inadvisable, since the congress wished to curtail rather than the extend the area of the dispute. Rumors are current that Mr. Bowling's scheme to work the mines' will be

put into operation. <l Thero is a likelihood of the Federal 'I Government taking action under the i Commerce Act against the ferry com t panies for curtailing their services from J tomorrow. ! The building trado is feeling tin d I foetft of tho strike. Several brickyiiro- i have been closed for want of coal, am a number of large city buildings have i been slopped. Some large firms, in eluding Hirt and Co.'s frozen meat stores, are replacing coal with oil fuel. < GLASSWORKS CLOSED. Adelaide, November 23. , Tho glassworks' have closed owing to tho shortage of ton I. Two hundred and twenty pewons arc idle. A NEW STATE MINE. Melbourne, November 23. As a result of the strike the Government is advertising for a manager for the proposed new State coal mine at Powlett river. I WOOL SALES PROCEEDING, Sydney, Novomber 22. After negotiations between the woolbroken and the strike congress, the wool sales were resumed yesterday on ' condition that buyers were allowed to ' pay for purchases when shipment was assured, no extra charges being levied • for storage or insurance pending ship- " ment . The catalogues totalled over 1 41,000 bales, including 31,000 lying in f Brisbane. Another sale is fixed for " Thursday, should the strike develop--0 ments not render it inadvisable. i A STATEMENT DENIED. s Received 24, 1 a.m. Melbourne, November 23. e Tho steamship owners deny that a writ is' ready for Air. Bo\v|irt>.