QUEENSLAND STRIKE
LITTLE INCONVENIENCE TO PUBLIC (Rec. 12.35) BRISBANE, This Day. In the eighth week of the Queensland strike, the railwaymen ate still showing a united front, but more unionists are rebelling against the support of Communist leaders. Following the return to work of 3000 coalminers yesterday, and the abandonment of h proposal for a nation-wide coal strike, Brisbane postal workers declared against support of the strike. Brisbane members Of the Building Workers’ Industrial Union also protested against the strike. Dockers and ironworkers at Newcastle refused to strike in support of the Queenslanders. Lithgow members of the Australian Society of Engineers declared no-con-fidence in their district president for his recent support of a sympathy strike.
In Brisbane the strike is no longer causing great inconvenience to travellers, as trams have not ceased running since the strike began, and suburban trains are adequate for workers’ needs: Yesterday 459 trains ran in the State compared with 414 the previous day. Country people are still bearing the brunt of the suffering because of the skeleton train services to the outback.
A fine of £lO in default a month’s imprisonment was imposed on each of six men who took part in an unauthorised procession on Friday. Among those convicted were James Healy, Edward Conrad, Englart and Albert Leslie Graham, ; all officials of the Waterside Workers’ Federation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 140, 25 March 1948, Page 3
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