QUEENSLAND SUGAR STRIKE.
HOPEFUL REPORTS. PROSPECTS OF~T SETTLEMENT. MELBOURNE, 29th July. Mr. Hutrheß, Acting-Prime 'Mintetw, and president of the Waterside Workers' Federation, etatfts that the reports from the North Queensland sugar districts are more hopeful. The secretary of the Waterside Work' erfi' Federation has received a telegram stating that the prospects of a settlement in the Bunda.berg district are excellent. The majority of the cane-growers and millers are favourable to granting reasonable, terms, but the influence of the Colonial Sugar Company i« too great. t A wire received from another centre is of much the same tenor. FINANCIAL SUPPORT. SENT FROM Ne"w*"soUTH WALES. SYDNEY, &Bth July. The secretary of the Labour Council has forwarded £1300 aa the first New South Wsfea instalment in support of the Queensland sugar strikers. PRICES ADVANCED. iw. „ 1 . , SYDNEY, mh July. The Colonial Sugar Company ha* advanced prices for all sugars by £1 a toh. ' •The prices for eyrup and treacle ai-e unchanged, • STRIKE OF CANE-CUTTERS. (Received July 29, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The can«-cuttera at Hardwood Mill, Gtafton, have struck for increased pay for loading ptmts, and also tot more latlons.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1911, Page 5
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188QUEENSLAND SUGAR STRIKE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25, 29 July 1911, Page 5
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