ENTHUSIASM OF STRIKERS AT VANISHING POINT.
{By Cable.—Pkm Association.—Copyrislit.) SYDNEY, December S. •- The wharf labourers continue to boycott tho Union Steam Ship Company's boats, other than those in the Now Zealand run, despite tho Conference ukase that they must work. tliem. Mr W. M. Hughes, president of tho Transport Workers' Federation, states that unless tho ukase is obeyed ho will * have to test which ie tho stronger, th« "red-raggers" or unionism. On tho other hand, the president of the Wharf Labourers' s Union declares that the Conference is trying a game of "bluff." It is absurd for it to threaten tho suspension of members. Tho Polawmain colliery is idle, owing to the inability to get coal away from Newcastle. Other pita; are suffering to a less extent. . CONFERENCE OBEYED.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14844, 9 December 1913, Page 7
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