TIMBER TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1929, Page 6

TIMBER TROUBLE

AN ARREST. (AUfitralian Press Association) SYDNEY, May 9. When a timber-laden lorry broke down in the city this morning, a large crowd gathered. Armed with an iron bar, the driver kept the mob at bay, while a mechanic attempted to repair the damage. One of the onlookers, who appeared to appeal to the mechanic to leave the job, was arrested by the constable, who was riding on the vehicle. Tlie man struggled fiercely. Police reinforcements arrived, and the man was taken away in a police car. The lorry eventually drove away, the police guarding it. SEVERE SENTENCES. SYDNEY, May 9. Five strikers who participated in attacks on Simpson and Rozelle, volunteer timber workers, at Leichhaidt on May 2nd. were to-day sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The Magistrate Mr Laid law, commented strongly on the brutality of the strikers’ tactics, and he said lie must make an example of the accused. One of the prisoners collapsed when Lo hcaid, the sentence, and the wives of the two men sobbed hysterically outside the Court. The man who was arrested to-day when the timber lorry broke down was later on lined £5 for resisting the police, and £3 for indecent language. A MAN FIRED ON. * SYDNEY, 'May 9. Early this morning a man entered the premises of the Empire Timbers Ltd. at Balmain; and from tire circumstances, it was inferred by the Timber Merchants’ Association that lie intended to set lire to the place. The watchman fired a shot. The man dived into the harbour and swam away. The yards arc situated at the water’s edge.

FEDERAL PREMIER’S ATTITUDE

MELBOURNE, May 9

A deputation from the Timber Workers’ Executive, arising out of yesterday’s demonstration, waited on tlio Prime Minister, Mr S. Bruce, to-day, and asked for sustenance for the dependents of the men who have become unemployed through' the timber dispute ;■ ' ' ■' -•'•The Prime Minister emphatically declined to allow Mr Jock Garden into the building. ; • The Prime Minister • promised the deputation that he would sec il the parties to the dispute could again lie brought together, but lie gave no undertaking in reference to sustenance.