AUSTRALIA AND UNIONISM.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19544, 14 February 1929, Page 11

AUSTRALIA AND UNIONISM.

EMPLOYERS DEFIED. TIMBER TRADE STRIKE. VOLUNTEER DRIVERS ATTACKED. (C*!TW> PBSSS HT KUCTmtC mtsiurs - coi (Received February 13lh, P. 25 p.m.) SYDNEY. February 13. Trades Hal! officials declare thai ! they are not perturbed l-y the timber merchants' threat to engage free labour. They are of opinion that they will not get much of a response to their advertisement, The Union officials add that they have been advised that the majority of the Newcastle vards have reverted to the 44-hour week, and ail the men have been re-engaged. A Melbourne message stites that there were lively scene# to-day at the south wharf, where volunteer drivers were stoned by Unionist strikers from the timber yards. The police took • hand, and discharged revolvers over the heads of the disturbers. A policeman chased one aauilsnt half a mile, taught him in the waterside office, and dragged him out. —Australian Press Association. REQUEST FOR FREE LABOUR. (vsited r&eta assocutio*—■ »t mvmermc TmL*GB.Arm —corrai«*r./ SYDNEY. February 13. The Timber Merchants" Association advertised this morning for im» Labour for the timber mills in the metropolitan area. Preference, wherever possible, will bo given to former employees. It is expected that this development will lead to the ex tension of the strike, and if the appeal is successful will inevitably hasten its collapse.— Australian Press Association.