MR O'SULLIVAN'S OUTBREAK.
HIS ACTION CONDEMNED.
(Received May 9th, 10.29 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 9. The "Sydney Morning Herald," referring to the strike, says:—"ln the circumstances, the duty of all those who are concerned, however remotely in the matter, is to refrain from saying or doing anything which will tend to promote or strengthen the difficulty. In this connection it is particularly to be regretted that a member of our Ministry permitted himself to be led into an expression of opinion, which may cause the strikers to believe they have tlie sympathy of our Government."
The "Daily Telegraph" says:—"Boiled down, the reason given for the precipitation of hostilities is the fear of Parliament. The action of the Government in convening the constitutional representatives of the people is denounced as being the result of a desire to settle the question by legislation, and it is for the purpose of anticipating this unfair course, as it is called, that the strike has been declared. The Unions hove taken a course intended to defeat the supremacy of Parliament, and set up in its place the coercive rule of the Strike Committee. The conduct of a responsible Minister of State like Mr O'Sullivan rushing to take sides against the Parliamentary Government in Victoria can only be described as lamentable."
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11580, 11 May 1903, Page 8
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MR O'SULLIVAN'S OUTBREAK.
Press, Volume LX, Issue 11580, 11 May 1903, Page 8
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