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TAUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] TALK OF LONG STRIKE, v SYDNEY, November 18. Regarding the coastal shipping difSculty, the seamen’s notice to the owners • expires at nine on Wednesday morning. a The men state they are prepared to call the strike proposal off provided the owners will only grant the late Federal Conference’s terms. The owners refuse to meet the men. They maintain that if- the seamen per 8 sist in their present attitude, there ' e seems so far as the owners are confc cerned, no alternative but a long and disastrous strike. ! It is understood O’Connor intended to j leave for New Zealand this month under a retainer to Mr Stead. l ! (Received This Dav at 8 a.m.) j j • MELBOURNE, Nov. 19. . The fire damages are estimated at . thirty thousand. ' j WAll GRATUITY. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 19. .The latest details available of the war gratuity scheme are that the Treasury will cash bonds in all cases of hardship ior special emergency. The Repatria- . tion Department will accept the bonds j for the purchase of land, homes and business. Banks will accept the. bonds as collateral security for the purchase of land or houses from private owners It is proposed to cash ten million pounds worth of bonds in May, 1921, the remainder to be cleared immediately it is possible to raise the money in the local or foreign market. OWNER’S ATTITUDE. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. < Shipowners consider the seamen’s de- j mand a, breach of agreement reach- 1 ed recently and are determined to man i the ships if the seamen come out. ; GOOD RAINFALL. s SYDNEY, This Day. 1 Further good coastal rains are fall- i ing. i 1 STRIKE CONTINUES. j i MELBOURNE, This Day. | The strike in the trans-continental j railway continues. The line remains i closed. I BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL. I DARWIN, This Day. r Since the recent trouble business is b at a standstill. Public works are clos- a ed and the bulk of the residents have h left. * fl
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1919, Page 3
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348AUSTRALIAN. Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1919, Page 3
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