TIMBER STRIKE

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1929, Page 6

TIMBER STRIKE

A SYDNEY MEETING

(Australian Press Association)., • • SYDNEY, May 5A light occurred at Newton when ;police -and detectives went to the as--sistaiu-e of a timber worker who was being attacked by strikers or their sympathisers. The police are furnishing protection to the workers in the timber yards. They noticed men who were acting suspiciousy, and, believing that they were. members of the gang engaged in assaulting workers, they summoned aid by wireless. When a sudden rush was made on a defenceless worker, the police and their reserve swooped on the attaekeis. A melee followed in which one policeman was injured. The police weTe victorious. Two men were arrested. Mr Cooke, Secretary of the Timber Merchants’ Association, replying to a statement by Mr Kavanagh, chairman of the Labour Council Disputes’ Committee, that the committee are taking no me ice of the assaults declares that attacks on the volunteer workers a’e orgii ui.cd. . | SYDNEY, May 6. The prolongation of the timber • iii-kc i* causing great distress here and .*iv Melbourne. The municipalities are providing relief rations. Dailiii- have sold up sonic of the swikcrY turnitm-e. The police are now escorting all wageron. loads of timber that arc transported by the volunteers. All building jobs are held up, and i li.■ men employed thereon are thrown out »; work. The press is demanding stern measures i:> suppress brutal attacks on volunteers. The ••Sydney Morning Herald’’ suggests the use of the Wish for such offenders.