LABOUR UNREST.
TROUBLE IN SHEFFIELD. fjiy Cable—Press Association —Copyright.) (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) (Received June Ist, 0 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Tho Engine-drivers' and Firemen s , Union at Sheffield have struck against ; the three-shift system. The iires have gone out and 20,CC0 workers are idle. BROKEN HTTiT. STRIKE. MELBOURNE. June 1. The chairman of the Broken Hill No. 10 13leek is of opinion that the New South Wales Government's Commission can successfully terminate the Barrier j strike, which is described as a world s record. A conference is to be held at Sydney on Wednesday. (Received June Ist, 9.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 1. A round-the-table conference is to ho held to-morrow between the Broken Hill mine proprietors and tho strikers. N.S.W. SEAMEN'S DECISIONS. (Received June Ist, 9.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, June IThe Seamen's Union carried a resolution protesting against the deporta-1 tlion of any person without trial, and also decided not to man ships used for deportations. A further resolution demands the release of twelve Industrial Workers of the World prisoners within one month, and threatens drastic action in the event of a refusal.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16850, 2 June 1920, Page 7
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