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STRIKE THREATS. • " M ' SYDNEY, Aug 2
A .general strike is threatenedon tl«j railways and tramcats, owing to Government refusing to abolish the recently inaugurated card system for timing work. Unless there is' a settlement, to-day thirty thousand men will he idle. WARM FEELING: (Received this day at 1.20 a.m.,) SYDNEY. Aug. 2. A meeting of unions . concerned heatedly debated a general stoppage ox rail and tram services. The moderate element, prevailed; a.nd adjourned decision till tomorrow. Meanwhile, except for the. reductions cabled, the traffic is undisturbed. '' y/ STRIKE TROUBLE. SYDNEY, August ,2, As a first phase qf the strike 130 p m 'en ntßnndwiok Tramway Workshops came out. Cabinet is considering the cirsis. • ' ' I'll quisle SPREADS. \ • SYDNEY August 2.
The strike is rapidly spreading. In addition to tllP Randvyick: mep JPP<> downd tools, at the Eveligh workshops. The (railway .and itvam services have bpen reduced and racp excursion traffic suspended. The engineers {it Newcastle aye atfected Six hundred arc. idle anti may a {fee: the nqal •. traffic. sides are deierminpfi tP fight to. a finish.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1917, Page 1
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