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PEACE OFFICERS
AT PORTLAND
Resumption Probable
To-day
SYDNEY, Monday. — All mines
in the Portland district will be
at work- to-morrow. This infor
mation was conveyed to-night to
the central council of the
- Miners' , Federation sitting . m
Sydney.. ,
This, morning,' despite, the order
to-, return to work, from Western
district ' .executives, . miners at
four pits refused to resume. An
other pit was undermanned. At
the last ; minute - the - miners - re
fused to enter buses ' Owned' by
Mr. H. Jones, : because, his wife
had purchased meat at Mr. P.
'Dargin's shop after .it had been
declared "black."
All other industries, involved
in the, fortnight's hold-up be
cause Mr. Dargin dismissed an
18-year-old ' girH employe re
sumed work.' These" included the
Portland Cement- Works,' the pipe
works and the small arms fac
tory,. ' . ,-
In accordance- with yesterday's
decision, employes of Mr. Dargin
did not return to his shop for
work. -They are to be- engaged in
distributing meat to be supplied
to Portland from Lithgow. How
ever, summonses, were issued
against the 12 employes, return-
able- at Portland court house on
Wednesday night. ,
- Soon: after some miners refused-
to report for duty, Common
wealth peace officers arid ; man
power officers arrived ' in . the
town. Many miners said'- they
would rather go., to prison than
pay fines for, taking part in the
strike.
Mines now idle include Wallera-
wang . (500 tons daily) , .Invincible
(650 tons),. Tyldesley ,(250 tons)
and .Huon (50 tons). ; Because of
.the bus - dispute,? , there was a
large number idle at Western
Main. The president of- the
Western District 'Miners' Federa
tion (Mr. S. .Roy) addressed the
men. when they refused to enter
the buses. He .said the State
Transport department had made
it clear that no other service
would .be made' available to
transport them.
1 The State Director of Man
power said to-night that con
sideration was being given to.
calling up therPortlarid butchers
for military service'. --.
Miners at Maltiand- ; Main - col
liery. still . refuse to work: with a
fellow employe who reached the
retiring age of 60 on- Friday. He
wants to continue: to5 work. In
two days 1600 , tons of coal .have
been lost since;- the dispute
started. Five other mines are
idle In the north, involving a loss
in production of 4700 tons.
No Action Yet Against
Miners
CANBERRA, Monday. — The
Solicitor-General (Sir . George
Knowles) said' to-day that a spe
cial court would- be cbnstituted
to sit at Portland (New South
Wales) on Wednesday- night to
deal with the summonses.
No action has yet been taken
against miners who struck- as- a
protest against the dismissal of
Miss Betty :Wyide by Mr. Dar
gin, and who disobeyed Mr. Cur-
tin's order to resume work.
Summonses were, issued to-day
against 35 men who took part in
the strike at . the: dehydration
works at Portland, . Victoria, and
who disobeyed the Prime Minis
ter's order to return to work.
It was officially state'd by Crown
Law authorities to-night that the
summonses were returnable at a
court to be held at Portland next
Friday. .The cases' could not be
heard earlier because, under Vic
torian law, 72 hours' notice was
necessary for the holding of a
court. in such eases.
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