TANTAMOUNT TO CIVIL WAR.
Beceived Monday, 12.40 a.m. BRISBANE, February 29. A continuance of the railwaymen.'s strike would be tantamount to civil Avar, said the Premier, Mr. Hanlon, in a final appeal to the striking railwaymen to return to work tomorrow morning. Mr.. Hanlon said that sinc.e Ihe strike began Brisbane hac] experienced an invasion by the high command of the Communist .Parly who had come from Melbourne and Sydney and had taken I control of the" strike. One of them had reportedly said: "This i is only the beginning. ' ' , j A meeting of the Federal executive of the Materside I Workers' Union, Sydney, today instructcd Queensland members | to strike tomorrow in support of the railwaymen. The Australian Railway Union executive in Melbourne also j instructed its members not to handle goods for Queensland. The Queensland Trades and Laboiir Council supported a direction to the Materside Workers' Federation executive that Queensland watersiders numbering 3000, support the railway strikers. •Tiventy -three ships will be tied up. The council decided that watersiders would remain on strike until the State Government 's emergency measures were lifted. The council also decided to demand'the resignation of Mr. Hanlon.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 March 1948, Page 5
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