N.S.W. COAL STRIKE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2742, 22 February 1910, Page 5

N.S.W. COAL STRIKE.

APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION OF STRIKERS DISMISSED.

United Press Association—Copyright (Received February 21. 10.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 21.

The Full Court dismissed the appeal against the conviction of a number of miners’ officials, recently fined £IOO each, with the alternative of two months’ imprisonment, for instigation of discontinuance of work. The ground of the appeal was the uncertain wording of the charge.

NEWCASTLE MINERS DECIDE TO RESUME WORK.

(Received February 22, 1.10 a.m.)

The Newcastle miners- 1 ballot resulted in 4029 for and 1751 against the resumption of work.

[The Newcastle miners were the original strikers. The Western and Southern miners struck in sympathy with them.]

EFFECTS OF THE STRIKE—A. BANK MANAGER’S VIEW.

Mr. J. Russell French, general manager of the Bank of New South Wales, interviewed in Wellington last week, upon his arrival from Sydney, expressed the opinion that the strike had nob had any serious effect upon the prosperity of New South Wales. There had undoubtedly been great inconvenience and loss of time. "But- now that tbe strike was over he thought things would settle down neacably. There had been a great dislocation of the shipping industry, and that would, of course, be a loss of revenue lor the in. dividual shipping companies concerned. The wool and wheat had been delayed in transit to Sydney, but apart from that there would he no other heavy loss to the State as a whole. The wool and wheat were now coming forward as before the. strike. He did not see any reason to apprehend trouble in the future. What was wanted by the public as a whole was peace; and. indeed, that now seemed to lie assured.