SYDNEY STRIKE
THE GOVERNMENT IS FIRM
SHIPPING HELD UP.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
CHRISTCHURCH, 23rd August. Sir. G. D. Greenwood cabled toU. J. Mason, his trainer, who is at- present in Sydney, asking if he should go across to Australia. Mr. Mason replied in the affirmative. Mr. Greenwood also received a cable message from Longreach, Central Queensland, saying that trains are still running from Sydney to -Long-
reach. A well-known Chrtstchurch business man received the following cable message on Monday from his partner,, who is in , Sydney : "Government firm.;. Plenty of volunteers for trains and trams to-day. Unloading ships cannot* leave. Crews and firemen are causing the delay." On Tuesday the same gentleman cabled that there''was ,no improvement, and hei had absolutely no idea when he would bo able to return to New Zealand. ..■'...'
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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133SYDNEY STRIKE Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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