WHAT A LABOUR MAN THINKS.
(Received February 16th, 12.20 a.m.)
SYDNEY, February 15
The secretary of the Australian "Workers' Union declares that there is a conspiracy on the part of the Employers' Federation to keep meat from the public. Ho considers that the Government should step in and control the abattoirs. The Government would be justified in immediately arresting and putting into gaol every member of tho committee appointed by the Employers Federation. There was, he said, a recent precedent for the deportation of tho members of this committee. His union could place 5000 men, armed, if necessary, at the service of the country to protect' the interests of the public and ensure the food eupply.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14902, 16 February 1914, Page 7
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