THE AUSTRALIAN COAL STRIKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 254, 2 December 1909, Page 2

THE AUSTRALIAN COAL STRIKE

THE OUTPUT FROM THE MINERS MINE. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyrigit Sydney, December i. The first coal from the strikers' mine ut Kbbow Alain amounted to 301) tons. The Railway Department took nail', ii is understood the Commissioners' reasonable price is between 10s and 15s a ton. At three o'clock this morning Mr. M'Cowun's motion was defeated by 4D votes to 25. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING. Received 1, 8.50 p.m. Sydney, December 1. in the Assembly, in "reply to a oii-i----lion, Mr. Lee stilted that us a result >.f (iuvcrmnciil inieiveiilion, were proceeding netween the pui'tiwconcerned in the strike. They hail In , I'iveii till tomorrow to come to nil sir ' rungemciit, failing which a compulsory i 'hoard would bo appointed on Friday.

I KKKKCT 01'' Till') TROORLE. FOIU'.NIX ORDERS lost. Received I. H. 50 p.m. Sydney, December 1. Oivfng evidence ' before the Colliery Wages Bonrd, a prominent Newcastle proprietor declared that the foreign coal trade had recently fallen off 50 percent., (/W/ig to freights, Ihe financial troubles and general depression. As a result of the. present strike, next year's contracts had been placed elsewhere, and th?lr foreign tradu lost jor that year. I.'ORRSTAI.LIXO TUB fiOVERNMENTS I'I!OCEEDIN(iS. STRICKEN PREMIER AS MEDIATOR. Received 2, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, December 1. Mr. Wade (Premier)'had an interview in bis bedroom, where he is still confined, with Mr. Hughes, Übor M.P., to-day, and sees Mr. LnurmonMi, president of the Coal Proprietors' Association, in the morning, with the object of being given an opportunity of coining to some arrangement so as lo forestall legal proceedings by the Government on Friday. The northern proprietors have handsd to the press a lengthy statement of their position, and complain of misrepresentation by the strike leaders. They slate they have, nothing to hide, and arc willing to abide by the findings of a Parliamentary tribunal. Thev claim that only an independent tribunal can adjust the difficulty.