Queensland Rail Strikers Fight On
Reeeived Friday, 7.50 p.m. BRiSBAXF, .\iureh 12. •Mass meetings ot" the Queensland rail strikers to-day deeided hv overw hidniing inajori ttes to eontinue the strike now in its thirty-ninth day. Tlie Brislriue wat ersiders voted to slav oi:, in sympathy with the railwaymen. At ljiswieh, the main railuay yards in Queensland, the voting to eontinue the striKe was 1950 to 5o aeeording to 'J'rades Hali otlieiaJs. •s'-\ men, iiieiuding .Michael Ilealy .-eeictary of the Trades and Labotu C|)i O'-ii, and Edward Conrad Fnglart,. Queensland seeretary of the Waterside \\ i ruers' Federalion, appeared lo-da\ in the Brisbane PolSce Court chargeo with atteinpting to ])ersuade men at tne Sliell Oi] IJepot. from WyrKing htki uita taiiing to keep awi'ty wfien wa-rn ed by a pollce sergeant. 3ir. Max .fulius, wlio appeared for de leii'laiits, said: "The lndustrial Law Aiiiend'ment Aet reeently enaeted ap pears t j be sueli a tvrannieal invasion i't 1 he rivil rights of eitizeim that coiui sel re.piires to eoiisiderNj,ts validitv. ' J lu- eharges were adjourned. Farlier to-day llealy and Fnglart agani led piekets who jiaraded iu front ot the Sliell Dejiot. Their nanies and those oi nine otlier men were again lakcu.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1948, Page 5
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