INDUSTRIAL UNREST
THE HOTEL STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, February 27. Over 400 men and girls are directly concerned at Broken Hill. Boarders are making tneir own beds and preparing their own meals. Bread carters decline to deliver bread to houses that have not accepted the union log. The strikers paraded the streets, and, entering the hotels where non-unionists are employed, temporarily took charge and ejected the non-unionists. The police had great difficulty in restoring order. Members of the Municipal Employees' Union declined to sweep the streets in front of the non-union houses.
The union is demanding 25s and keep for girls, and £3 15s for waiters and barmen, irrespective of age. ADELAIDE FIREMEN. Received 28, 12.45 a.m. Adelaide, February 27. The firemen declare they will accept affiliation with the Labor Council or nothing. The Fire Brigade Board has started engaging a permanent staff in place of the strikers, and any applications from the latter will be considered with the others.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 206, 28 February 1912, Page 5
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161INDUSTRIAL UNREST Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 206, 28 February 1912, Page 5
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