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BRISBANE STRIKE

CABLE NEWS

(United Press Association — By Elestrie Telegraph — Copyright.)

TRAINS RESUME RUNNING DEALING WITH THE STRIKERS. ! {Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) BRISBANE, February 11. From to-morrow, practically a full train service will be resumed. Mr Donham, the Premier, states that the unions having singled out Brisbane for the paralysis oif trade. The Government is taking action to restore the shipping, in the hope that all trades will scon be revived. Anxiety prevails at the Railway Commissioner having announced that all hands who struck, except porters under eighteen, will be dismissed from the- service. The Strike Committee is concentrating its efforts at exhausting the coal supplies. INTER-STATE SHIPPING RESUMED. < I BEQUEST FOR GENERAL STRIKE REFUSED. ißeceived Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) MELBOURNE, February 11. . In tor-State''shipping is resuming its normal running to Queensland ports, exclusive of Brisbane. The Trades Hall Council decided not to entertain at present the Brisbane request to create a general ; strike throughout Australia. STRIKE MATTERS QUIET. RAILWAY COAL SUPPLY. - A SEAMEN'S BALLOT. Received This Morning, 12.20 o'clock BRISBANE, February 11. Strike matters are quiet. The railway Department ha« a good supply of coal. The Commissioner says that this, if augmented with wood, will last for several months. He is determined notto order coal from Newcastle, for fear of precipitating trouble there. It is stated that the Federated Seamen's Union took a ballot on the question of returning to work. The result has- not been announced. Several waterside workers express dissatisfaction at bearing the brunt of the struggle. They came out with the idea of there being a general strike, and do not relish being kept out while others are returning to 1 work. I

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10557, 12 February 1912, Page 5

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278

BRISBANE STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10557, 12 February 1912, Page 5

BRISBANE STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10557, 12 February 1912, Page 5

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