UNION IS FINED £l,ooo
TIMBER WORKERS’ STRIKE HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION MELBOURNE, Friday. Mr. Justice Lukin, in the Arbitration court to-day, fined the Timber Workers’ Union the maximum of <£l,ooo for ‘‘doing something in the nature of a strike.” There was no appearance of the union officials. Evidence was given that notices of a provocative character were posted about in mills calling on the men employed there to strike, also describing Mr. Justice Lukin’s award as a most infamous one and charging his Honour with legalising slavery. A hostile demonstration was made outside the Court by 2,000 strikers, who vigorously hooted the judge and shouted threatening and insulting words. A strong police cordon barred all the doors.
The position took an ugly turn, but the police triumphed. Free labour was engaged by the millowners at Geelong to-day to handle a large shipment of hardwood. Police protection was provided.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 602, 2 March 1929, Page 9
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