TIMBER STRIKE
BUILDING AT STANDSTILL IN MELBOURNE SIX THOUSAND MORE MEN IDLE i United Press Association.—By ElectriTelegraph. —Copyright.) Melbourne, May 1. An additional si: thousand men are lie as the result of the timber strike, irrespective of the timber workers !’ emselves. The employ closed on all work, and building is at an absolute standstill. Efforts are bCng made by a corference to settle the dispute both in the timber industry and the building trade. Many important building contracts in the city are suspended. COAL DISPUTE MINERS’ PROPOSALS NOT ACCEPTABLE Sydney, May 1. After sitting throughout the day, the St Cabinet decided that it could not accept the latest proposals for the settlement of the coalmini '.spute put forward by the conference of mining unions. GOVERNMENT REFUSES MAKE FRESH PROPOSALS ■ T (Rec. May 1, 9.25 n.m.) dney, May 1. The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Buttenshaw, has announced that the Government emphatically refuses to r e any other proposals for settlement of the coal dispute.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 184, 2 May 1929, Page 11
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