Thousands Made Idle
STRIKE RECOILS ON OTHERS
Melbourne Building Suspended
(United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Ueeeived 9 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day. A additional 6,000 men are idle as a result of the timber strike, irrespective of the timber workers themselves. Ihe employers closed down all work. Building is absolutelv at a standstill.
Efforts are being made to settle the dispute, both in the timber industrv and in the building trade, by a conference which will be held to-day. . Many important building contracts in the city are suspended. There were riotous scenes at the Trades Hall, Melbourne, yesterday afternoon. Three thousand strikers gathered in the quadrangle, where addresses were delivered. Interjections and violent threats culminated in a free fight. Some of the
speakers were hurled from the platform. The trouble was due to rival factions, one of which desired to open peace negotiations with the Lord Mayor.
The Lord Mayor and a committee are trying to settle the dispute. It is understood that the Trades Union Council is prepared to meet the employers’ representatives, providing that the conference is unconditional.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 651, 1 May 1929, Page 9
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