THE COAL STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1916, Page 4

THE COAL STRIKE.

> TIUXGS AT A STANDSTILL HIE MINERS UNREASONABLE. Australian-N T .Z. Cable Association. Sydney, Nov. 23. The president of, the Chamber oi Manufacturers states that over 50,000 will be rendered idle as the result ot the coal strike if it lasts another fortnight. Three thousand factories wllj bo closed.

The position of shipping is daily, more acute,, and almost every oversea and inter-State vessel arriving is being laid up.

The Lithgow Small Arms Factory is Again practically idle, the miners refusing to allow the coal to be carteij from the pit-mouth. Melbourne, Nov. 23. A regulation empowers the autliori* ties to commandeer all supplies of coal and coko exceeding five tons. Tha direct service to New Zealand is suspended from to-day. .Sydney, Nov. 23. . The president of the Miners' Federal tion states definitely that the proprien tors' terms will never be accepted. The Assembly decided to suspend tb< Standing Orders to enable the Daylight Saving Bill to pass all stages at ona Bitting.

Mr. Fuller stated that the Daylight, Saving Bill provided that from tha first Sunday in October to tlie first Sunday in March next clock time should bo advanced one hour.

BANK-TO-BANK CLAUSE. THE STUMBLING-BLOCK > Received Nov. 23, 10 p.m. Sydney, Nov. '23. The miners' general secretary says there is absolutely po hope that a settlement will be reached unless the eight hours' ban-k-to-banlc principle is conceded. The miners have waived all other claims, but that stands. The train services are everywhere re* iluced to a minimum.

TO DAY'S. CONFERENCE. RESULTS EAGERLY AWAITED. Sydney, Nov. 23. The public is anxiously awaiting tha result of to-morrow's compulsory- conference. ft is freely stated that it is time the Government intervened, as unless Mr. Hughes has a reserve offer from the proprietors there is no prospect of an early settlement. Meanwhila the public continues to suffer. Domestic conveniences are curtailed, and daily unemployment increases. There are rumors of the industrial dislocation spreading throughout- tli# country.