Serious Developments Indicated.
General Strike Threatened Unless Government Back Down.
(Per United Press Association.)
Received 8, 4.12 p.m. Melbourne, May 8. The executive of the Engine Drivers Association, this morning, forwarded a letter to the Commissioner of Railways asking t»bedtfiDi*.e!y informed whether or not tbe had the courage to stand by its orders, as lawful orders, adding, " We presume the Government Bids its legal position unsound and desires Parliament to retrospectively validate its illegal acts. As such an unfair course is- intended, we have to thiok seriously of a step which we hoped to avoid. We have full su'hority towa>n you that you have diivcn us (o tl:<. only course open to u a , and that all our men will csssa work on Saturday ut noon, unlets the orders which the Government have issued are withdrawn by 5 o'clock this afternoon."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 112, 9 May 1903, Page 3
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141Serious Developments Indicated. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 112, 9 May 1903, Page 3
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