CESSNOCK IDLE
Dole Questionnaire Protest COALMINERS’ THREAT By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyrirht. (Rec. October 26, 7 p.m.) Sydney, October 26. AU the pits in the Cessnock district have been idle to-day, but. efforts to induce a general stoppage of work failed. Mass demonstrations of coalminers against the dole questionnaire were held to-day at Cessnock. A procession of nearly 1000, headed by women carrying banners, marched through Cessnock to Kurri Kurri. The marchers halted at the Court House and voiced protests. They gave the Government four hours in which to withdraw the questionnaire. Failing satisfaction, they threatened to help themselves to food and provisions. Despite the ultimatum of the unemployed, the Government has announced that it insists upon the use of the questionnaire. A big unemployed meeting at Cessnock last night urged the miners to strike, but the miners’ leaders, while in sympathy with the fight against the questionnaire, pleaded with the men to keep the mines working. A large batch of police has been sent from Sydney to Newcastle to preserve law and order.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 28, 27 October 1932, Page 9
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173CESSNOCK IDLE Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 28, 27 October 1932, Page 9
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