NEWCASTLE STRIKE.
A NOISY MEETING.
CHAOS AMONG WH4RF LABOURERS. DIVISION AS TO COALING STEAMERS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received February 2, 10.15 a.m. SYDNEY, February 2. The wharf labourers held a boisterous meeting, and reversed the decision carried previously to work ships coaled by non-union lumpers or crews. The meeting was so noisy that the police had to be called in. It was difficult to arrive at any real idea of what the men wanted, but on a rougbcnd-ready division there appeared to be a majority in favour of throwing the previous ballot overboard.
Chaos reigns among the wharf labourers, and it is supposed that each wharf will go its own way—work or strike as the spirit moves.
TRADE DISLOCATED
AUSTRALIA IN ILL-REPUTE.
Received February 2, 10.50 a.m. SYDNEY, February 2. The Government Commercial Agent in the East says that the coal strike is seriously dislocating Australian trade. The agent adds that Australia has gained an unenviable reputation as being the only country in the world to have a strike clause in contracts.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9709, 3 February 1910, Page 5
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175NEWCASTLE STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9709, 3 February 1910, Page 5
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