TIMBER WORKERS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1929, Page 6

TIMBER WORKERS

SYDNEY EMPLOYERS DIVIDED. (Australian Press Association), i; i■ : ted Service). SYDNEY, Feb. 5. i M'-m pic'..ts watching the timber ynru-j ...-.ay wore instructed to keep sober and to avoid any clashes with the police. The employers are considering the free labour question. There are a dozen timber yards outside the Employers’ Association, and these are observing the old award terms of a 44-hour neck. They are remaining working. PLAN TO USE NON-UNIONISTS. SYDNEY. February 5. Tin* timber mill employers have not yet indicated wliat action they intend to take. It is believed that they are sizing ui) the situatmi preparatory to •engaging free labour. 'The employers’ secretary. F. H. Corke. declined to make any statements after a meeting of the master timber nierehanls. POSITION AT ATE I-BOURNE. MELBOURNE. Feb. 5. The merchants at Alelbournc with (lie exception of a- few small yards have resolved to light the strikeis. Four thousand workers arc involved. Tim pickets to-day prevented the carters from taking away timber from une large yard. A conference of the unions affiliated with the Australian Trades Union Council will he held on Thursday when ii is expected that efforts will made to extend the dispute.