COAL STRIKE OVER
GENERAL REJOICING
NEWCASTLE CELEBJTATES
CHEERFUL CHEISTMAS
Emited Press Associatlon-By Electric Tele< graph—Copyright..
SYDNEY, Ist December, fcews of the proposed settlement of the coal strike evoked joyous expressions in Newcastle and on the northern coalfields comparable with the Amisticc Day demonstrations.
At Newcastle people throned: t£o streets, motors hooted, tramway gangs clanged, and shipping in the harbour sounded their sirens, making a continuous dm unprecedented in the city's history. Men cheered and women Became hysterical. The shops reported an immediate improvement in bmfoess. /ho rejoicing on the coalfields i 3 widespread, tho news coming as lignfc in tho darkness to many who had not known how they were going to Hvo through the Christmas period many are very Imv Tt- ■ e*"e*e? ana. fur,-'," 0 StOcks and S?e.^ fuimsh employment for 1200 men i^f" ±he end of the dispute will mean th« resumption of work by ten thouJnl mine hands, .who during th£t£ss weeks of idleness have los! nearift ™ millions sterUng i v wages. . Mr. Soullin, the Federal Prime Minister declined to comment on the pVaTe development, preferring to leave th* miners to come to a fina^ decision U nta! ™ nCe? X °ntside statements. The Federated Engine Drivers' Federation however, » not so tactful, and declared that its organisation was not concerned SnXisia" 41**0111 *-*1-
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1929, Page 11
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215COAL STRIKE OVER Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1929, Page 11
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