FOOD SHORTAGE
EFFECT OF RAILWAY STRIKE SETTLEMENT HOPED FOR Called Press Assn. —Elec. Te. Copyright (Received Nov. 10, 3 p.m.) DARWIN, Nov. 10 An end of the railway strike and consequent shortage of food is likely today. The secretary of the North Australian Workers’ Union has agreed to advise the men to return to work immediately, on the old terms, on the understanding that their case for higher wages will be heard by the Arbitration Court. When the Darwin people thought that they were faced with the prospect of a most disastrous food shortage owing to the railway strike, the Administrator, Mr G. Abbott, revealed that the Administration had secret supplies.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 4
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111FOOD SHORTAGE Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 4
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