A SERIOUS SITUATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 251, 29 November 1909, Page 2

A SERIOUS SITUATION.

THE AUSTRALIAN STHIivE

EFFORTS AT MEDIATION ABOKTIV ti.

FEDERAL GO\ ERNMENT ÜBGED 'lO

TAKE ACTION.

Ev Cable—Press Awjociation—Copyrin .1 Sydney, .November tiTlie droi ts of tin* Hon. ActingPremier, (ailed to arrange to ilav a meeting with the parties. The strike congrert Wvepted the invitation, hut tin- southern und western -proprietors declined. The northern proprietor* telegraphed I they had not time to decide the ques--1 tion. , Tlie strike congress linn issued a ina ufesto to the unions throughout the Commonwealth appealing for funds, In the Federal House the Government was urged to take action towards settling the strike, Mr. Deakln. Ksdiarai Premier, considered that federal action was not justified in the present state ot Hie law and the circumstance* of toe utrike. T)je Government, he »aid. was watching, and the first opportunity f#« Commonwealth's powers would permit ol itcrvention would he taken advantage

of. There are twenty-two steamer* ana sixteen sailers, with a tonnage of 100,OWJ, laid up «t Newcastle. Due serious effect of the shortage o» coal is that the dredges at Newcastle jam! some of the bar harbors have stopped operations.

TRAM SERVICE CURTAILED. . TTIE mClf BEING KELT. A TOWN IN DARKNESS. Received 29, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, November 28. The trim scmoa* «r«w curtailed today, with the remit that the old-time horse 'buses were plying for hire in tie A targe number ot ihop Militant* will he Idle to-morrow owing to raWetlOß of business. Tho gas supply has riven out at Wellington, and the town is in darlcneac. 400 TRAMWAY MEN GIVEN A HOLIDAY. Received 29, 1 a.m. Sydney, November 21 About 400 tramwav men have been given holiday leave. All special tralni and trams have been cancelled and all cheap excursion fare* cut out.