SHIP AND WHARF PICKETED
BIUSBANE, 20th October
The strikers at. Gladstone--.remain in possession of tlio Miiliia and the wharf, which is strongly, picketed. The town is full of farmers, who are determined to supply tho vessel with coal. They have asked tho Premier for Stuto protection while they do so. Feeling runs high, and if the farmers attempt to carry out their throat serious trouble is. expected. Police reinforcements have been drafted to Gladstone from Rockhampton. It appears" that tho farmers' visit to the Mahia which led to' the trouble was for the purpose of discussing with the captain plans for working ships with volunteer labour.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 102, 27 October 1925, Page 5
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