THE COAL STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1916, Page 5

THE COAL STRIKE.

OUTLOOK DISCOURAGING. MINERS' BALLOT POSTPONED. GLOOM IN THE CITY. Austnilian-N.Z, Cable Association ' * Received Nov. 21, 10.50 p.m. Sydney, N«r. 21. ! The greatest apprehension is felt tt» garding the attitude of miners. licports from various coalfields ar<| gloomy and confusing in the aggregate.' 1 ! A meeting of tlie South Coast miners resolved against the ballot, which is again postponed, • | The northern district is apparsntly I awaiting the result of this meeting before taking action. The gas restrictions caused a rurtl for kerosene cooking stoves and kew sene. The stocks of stoves are praeti«j cally exhausted', but there are ampler supplies of kerosene. Gloom prevails in the city. To-sight tlie newspaper offices and shops are working with the aid of lamp* and| candles. A patrol of men is out to prevent contravention of the regulations and en' force penalties. , The Walsh Island men have been paid off, whilst the dockyard workshops haT<( closed indefinitely. AN ANTI-BALLOT VOTE. Sydney, Nov. 2T. ■ A further proclamation permits thd' use of lifts until Thursday. Meetings of the Greta, Wkitbnrty Broxburn, Rothbury, and Weston miners voted by overwhelming majorities against taking a ballot. Lithgow small arms factory is return* ing work, the miners agreeing to supply, coal.