THE END IN SIGHT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 267, 18 December 1909, Page 2

THE END IN SIGHT.

THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKE. INERS AND PROPRIETORS COME TO AN r. i Cable—fress Association—Copyright Received 17, 9.25 p.m . .. Sydney, December 17. Subject to the Sirike t'ougreu ratifyig, an agreement was reached to-day *t ie conference between the western 0* lira and miners. The latter will resume ork on Monday and ahiitsuien will go i to-morrow to prepare the pita. The special board appointed to enuire into the dispute between ll" ortheru proprietors and the miner* eld a preliminary sitting and adjourned ill Wednesday at Newcastle. WESTERNERS RESUME WORK. sORTHERNERS AND SOUTHERNERS TO TAKE A BALLOT. Received 18, 1 a.m. Sydney, December 17. The Congress endorsed the decision ■ f the westerners to resume work. . The northern anil southern minors take an immediate "ballot on the QUi«tion whether they are willing to submit their grievances to the Wages Board. , A DRASTICMEASORE. IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT AN OPTION. CONSIDERABLE DISORDER IN PARLIAMENT.

Sydney, .December 17. The Hon. Wade's Bill makes any leader who instigate* or aids a strike or lockout liable to twelve months' imprisonment without the option of a fine. The penalty on other leaders is left «t two months, If the placing of a strike or lockout is carried on behind closed doors, the police are empowered to enter these.' The penalties apply equally to masters and men. Increased penaltie* only apply where the strike deprives' the public of a necessary commodity. The Bill also contains two clauses from the Commonwealth Act against Illegal combinations. The Stauding Orders were suspended amid much disorder. The Speaker, in anticipation of possible trouole, sent for extra police. The discussion iB now proceeding. It is stated that warrants have been issued for the arrest of twenty more men at Newcastle for inciting the strike. Sydney, Later. After an all night sitting, Mr. Wade's Bill passed all its stages without amendment, after persistent application of .tke closure. Received 17, 0.25 p.m. Sydney, December 17. The discussion during the latter stages of Mr. Wade's Bill .was exciting, the closure being applied 31 times during the debate. Received 18, 1 a.m. Both Houses passed Mr. Wade's 13(3 unamended. The session has closed. , NATAL COAL TRADE BUSY. , London, December 16. The Standard's Pietermarltiburg correspondent says there is abnormal activity in the coal trade owing to the Australian strike. Ships are leaving the port as fast as they can be loaded.