NEWCASTLE STRIKE.
FREE LABOURERS' i GRIEVANCE. MINISTER DECLINES TO TAKE ACTION. United Press Association— ay ciiecu-ic Telegraph Copyright. Received March 4, 11 am. SYDNEY, March 4. A deputation of recently discharged free labourers complained to the Minister of Works of unjust treatment by employers and offered to unload Government coal cargoes. The Minister declined to take any action. The Labour Council has decided to pay £3 weekly to the families of the imprisoned strike leaders, with five shillings additional tor every child under sixteen.
A message received on Wednesday sta f ed:—About two hundred free labourers have been engaged on the wharves unloading coal during and since the strike. The paid off men are surprised at heing replaced by unionists after sticking to their masters through the crisis.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 987, 5 March 1910, Page 5
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128NEWCASTLE STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 987, 5 March 1910, Page 5
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