THE LESSON OF THE STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 14, 11 October 1917, Page 5

THE LESSON OF THE STRIKE

i _——— NEW SOUTH WALES LABOUR MINISTER DEFINES IT SPEECH TO THE LOYALISTS Sydney, October 10. Addressing, prior to their disbandmenl, the loyalists who came to the Government's assistance during , the strike, the Hon. G. S. Beeby, Minister of Labour and Industry, said: "Wβ hare established this Tule for the future—that large bodies of men cannot strike and a. month ! afterwards claim to come back exactly aa j they knocked off. In future the com-1 inu'nity is prepared to weigh the_ justice J of the position, and if it is unjust, to say to the men responsible for holding up the community that they have no formerly occupied."—Press Assn. THE SHIPPING HOLD-UP Sydney, October 10. Owing to the trouble ivith the seamen at '.Melbourne, inter-State shipping in all the States has been rendered idle. All sailings have been cancelled. The wharf labourers have decided not to resume work unless under the conditions esieting before the strike.—-Press Assn. (Eec. October 10 { 9.15 p.m.) ■' Sydney, October 10. The shipping position is again acute. In anticipation of the resumption of sailings, the merchants had attempted to load quantities of foodstuffs for New Zealand, and had placed large orders for fruit, which ! were loaded, ready to sail, but which had to be discharged. The Union Company expected to dispatch five steamers this week, but had to pay off the crews. The company is awaiting developments iu Jlelbour-ne.— Press Association,