GASWORKS STRIKE.
MELBOURNE STAY-IN EFFORT. MELBOURNE, Aug. 12. A stay-in strike is at present in progress at the West and South Melbourne gasworks and efforts are being made to extend the dispute to the provincial centres. About seven hundred employees are at present idle and are in complete possession of the plants. The men are demanding an increase in wages above the basic wage and declare they will not leave the works until their demands are granted. A limited supply of gas is available throughout Melbourne, which is being generated by the superintendents. Neither the Government nor the police have so far intervened.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 217, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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103GASWORKS STRIKE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 217, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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