GENERAL STRIKE
N.S.W. RAILWAYS A3® TRAMWAYS. Australian-NiZ. 'C&ile.As? o «» t "> n ! Received M§i %> W P-®> iJ.,.- Sydney, Aug. ?• A general strife i% on the railways* and ttapnvayg, qwifi# to tat Government refusing to abolish then?cently inaugurated cajrd, system lor timing w.orlc,, ?ettkipent is roftehed to-day 30,000 men wiO'm tfite. Received Aug. 2, 5.5 p.m. • Sydney, Aug. 1 The first phase of the strike was that 1300 men engaged at the tramway workshops have gone out. Oft" binet is considering the crisis,
A FIGHT TO A FINISH
THE TROUBLE SPREADING. Received Aug. 2, 9.50 p.m. Sydney, Aug. 9. The strike is rapidly spreading, la addition to Randwiek, three thousand downed SCO is at eleven o'clock at By#» leigh t€i Clyde workshops. The railway train services have town rojluced, and race and excursion trskfikj suspended. The engineers at are ed. Six hundred are idle. This may affect the coal traffic. Both sides are determined upon a fight to a finish. MODERATES AGAINST STRIKE Received Aug. $, 1 -a,®. - Sydney, Ajig. 1 . 'A meeting of the union* concerned, heatedly debated the general stoppage of the rail and tram services. The moderate clement prevailed; and the meajing jidjoumed* lilt tq-rWMMfy. .Meanwhile, ,except for the deductions cabled, tltt traffic is -undisturbed, ■ At, "j
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1917, Page 4
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