SUGAR STRIKE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 383, 2 August 1911, Page 5

SUGAR STRIKE.

CRITICAL SITUATION. liv ToW'!:r;ii«l». l'r«-*s A 1 mil. Oopyritflll, Received Auj;u:;t a.m. Brisbane, This Day. A wire from Ohildrra sisks for morn protect ion for free labourer* ard farmers, and states the strikers are armed and are forcibly r< nmving free labourers. Work on 'lie su/rarfarms in suspended. A furUn-r hatch of poliio were sent to Chi idem iasS. night. Another report, r-t airs a jrarty of strikers forcibly removed four free labourers :uui disarmed the owner of a farm who went to the .«*<•«'w vnt.h a lo.'tded Brain Cairn.'* it is reported the strikers rushed a cot t:nf:< jl where a number of free lalumrrrn camped, and assaulted the iiunatea and smashed 11)<■ lamp. 1 -'., window:*, and furniture and lUvampci. One arreFt has been made. Severa* smaller nets of int.imidat ion are re-ported. The strikers have inpit.wt.ed a thorough system of picketing. Tht» Secretary of thr I,«bowr Hr ilcration has received a reply Iron) tbc Swear Producer?.' A a:-.or ia t ion, intiniatiriK that thev were unable to mtertain the men's elairi:", and migrating (hey he submitted to the Wagon Board. Speakinj: >» the Assembly, Mr CoiJ ser declared Mr Hughes' proposal to repeal duties would destroy the.sugar industry and throw thousands out, <f employment.