SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20100, 2 December 1930, Page 11

SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

CONFERENCE OF PARTIES. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION TO HEAR CASE. (xtkitco ritBSS association—•»* XL.zctz.ia TELEGRAPH —COr*BI«HT.) (Received December Ist, 8.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 1. The conference of the parties to the moat dispute agreed to refer the strike issues once again to the Industrial Commission, over which Mr Judge Piddington presides, in th»> hope or reaching a settlement ATTACK ON BUTCHERS' BARRACKS. fusillade of blue metal. SYDNEY, Dec-ember 1. An attempt to wreck the barracks occupied by the master butchers at Aberdeen, who are killing stock for the Sydney trade, was made by about SO men. They maintained a fusillade of missiles until tliey were scattered by tho police, who fired over the heads of the attackers. Large quantities of blue metal were hurled through the doorways and windows of the barracks, where there Wore 54 butchers. A wild scatter took place when the police, who were also living on the premises, brought revolvers into play. Additional police have been rushed to Aberdeen, where all is now quiet.