STRIKE AT BROKEN HILL

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21120, 22 March 1934, Page 9

STRIKE AT BROKEN HILL

O —— DISITTE OVER COMPENSATION FOR DISEASE I SYDNEY. March 21. ! Broken Hill yesterday witnessed fa general strike as a protest against the Government':; removal of a number of families i',vn> benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act. under which they receive; payments arising from the deaths of men from pneumoconiosis, a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling dust particles. All the shops and theatres are closed. There is no bread and no ice, and only a partial milk delivery. No newspaper is being published. The essential services, lighting, water, and railways, are being carried on by special arrangement. At meetings of citizens, speakers, including clergymen, passed resolutions demanding the restoration of the affected people to the benefits under the act. Otherwise a further stoppage will probably lake place. A "ONK DAY AITAlir (Received March 21, 11.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 21. The strike has proved a "one-day all air." The loss to tradespeople is estimated at about £3OOO, but everything is normal again. HUMOURS OF SEAMEN'S STRIKE DISAFFECTION AMONC CERTAIN"! CREWS

MELBOURNE', March 21. Ollicials ol the Seamen's Union are m touch with the crews of the Wanganella, Kooyong. and Ailawa, as the result of reports of disaffection. One otlicial is reported to have predicted a general hold-up, but he declined to say so for publication with name. The crew of the Kooyong gave notice, but the captain informed the owners, Messrs Mcllwraith, McKacharn, Ltd.. later, that the notice had been withdrawn. The chairman of the Ship Owners' Federation, Mr J. L. Webb, refuses to comment. EXTENSION I N LIKELY i Received March 21, 11 :uj p.m.) SYDNEY, March 21. 'Hie seamen s oHicials at Newcastle ' predict no likelihood of an exten- j ;ion of the shipping dispute, which | has already involved the steamer i Goulburn. The steamer Kooyong 1 reached Newcastle, her cargo "was < unloaded, and she left again on < time.