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SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

(Received July 14, 12.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 14

Delegates from Melbourne have arrived to push the movement in connection with the proposed general strike in support of the seamen. Definate action is anticipated during the week. The indications are that the miners are unfavourable to a strike. MELBOURNE, July. 14. At a big demonstration in support of the strike, Mr Walsh, secretary of the seamen's union, urged that they must have dij\3ot action. To accept the Arbitration Court would be to confirm the principle of wage slavery. They were going to get a settlement outside of the Court. . "If that settlement were not forthcoming, something else would be forthcoming. They were quite prepared for any eventuality. Other speakers supported direct action, and warned the other Unions that iinless they' supported the seamen's claims, everyone would suffer.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9657, 14 July 1919, Page 5

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SEAMEN'S STRIKE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9657, 14 July 1919, Page 5

SEAMEN'S STRIKE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9657, 14 July 1919, Page 5