THE BEEBY AWARD
TEST CASE IN HIGH COURT MR. JUSTICE RICH TO PRESIDE (Rec. December 29, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 29. When/the coal award case came on to-day the Chief Justice announced that he had handed the further hearing over to Mr. Justice Rich. The Court adjourned till Monday to enable a decision to be made whether the proceedings, should begin de novo.
MINERS’ TREND TO MILITANCY
Sydney, December 29. At a combined meeting of miners’ lodge representatives at Newcastle it was decided to institute a Labour Defence Corps in the North. It was also agreed to give the executive certain powers to deal with the Rothbury position. Other decisions at the meeting indicated a“ strong trend towards militancy. Mr. Scullin’s proposal to subsidise production, while a new award was being formulated, met with scornful unanimous rejection. The continuous picketing of all closed mines was agreed to. A motion for a general strike, however, was defeated.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 81, 30 December 1929, Page 9
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