IS if A LOCK-OUT ?

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 252, 17 July 1908, Page 7

IS if A LOCK-OUT ?

LITHGOW IRONWORKS. (l)T TELEORArH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPtRIQHT.) (Rec. July 17,'0.55 a.m.) •" Sydney, July ie." The Industrial Disputes Court granted the Grown leave to prosecute Messrs. G. and 6, Hoskins, under the 1 Industrial Disputes Act, for closing tho Lithgow Ironworks. Owing to the non-passing of the Iron Bonus it. T , srs ' 0. and C. Hoskins, owners of the lithgpw ironworks, state that they nro working at a loss, and that they cannot continue unless the employees'accept a reduction in wages, to be refunded if and when the Bnmu Bill passes. The men refused to accept tho reduction, and tho works, on which tho township of Lithgow largely depends, were closed down The employees olaiin that this .is a look-out

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