STRIKE EXTENDED.
FOUR THOUSAND MEN NOW IDLE. THE PORT KEMBLA DISPUTE. United Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY, February 7. The strike at the Port Kembla Iron and Steel Works has assumed serious proportions. At least 4000 men are idle, including employees of the colliery which supplies the coal to the steel works and also railway employees of the private line which conveys raw materials from the Government railways. The strike is having a bad effect on local business, chiefly at Wollongong, where the Mayor is endeavouring to induce the Government to bring about a conference of the parties. Before the strike the steel works was working at high pressure on overseas contracts, and the stoppage of work will mean a heavy loss to Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., and will also indirectly affect the 'operations of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company’s hugo works at Newcastle. If the strike extends to tho powerhouse employees at Port Kembla, which is thought likely, several important coastal towns, including Wollongong, will be left without power and light.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 100, 8 February 1936, Page 5
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171STRIKE EXTENDED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 100, 8 February 1936, Page 5
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