STRIKE THREAT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 December 1939, Page 7

STRIKE THREAT

IN NEW SOUTH WALES COAL MINES REFUSAL TO EXCEED FORTY HOUR WEEK. ARBITRATION COURT TO BE DEFIED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. The leaders of the coal mining unions have decided to defy the Arbitration Court, by instructing all members to work only a forty-hour week without overtime. The full effect of the decision is unlikely to be felt until, resumption of work in the coal mines after the holidays, probably a fortnight hence, when a general strike is certain to be precipitated.

fuge at Montevideo. "I really had enough to reach the coast of Spain." he said. . , He said the Admiral Graf Specs draft was 21 feet, which was more than normal, when he decided to sink her in 25 feet of water. “That was the only thing to do." he said.

Daventry reports that the German protest to Uruguay alleging violation of international law in allowing the Graf Spee to remain in port only for 72 hours has bden answered by the Uruguayan Foreign Minister, who says he is prepared to publish a report showing that the procedure . followed was correct and applied in the most liberal manner.

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