STRIKE UNDER WAY
. PREHIER'SJCRDEB IGNORED (Rec. 1 nrm.) -SYDNEY. Jan- 36. Tram and bus traffic in Sydney arid Newcastle ceased at midnight last night, when the'drivers and conductors began their 24-hour protest strike Tne workers on thejearly morning shift did not report for duty. The strikers ignoring Mr Curtin's order are liable to a fine of £IOO or six months' gaol, or °The strike prevented thousands of workers from reaching their places of employment to-day. In the meanwhile the Federal Minister of Labour and National Service. Mr Holloway, has undertaken to release men for work on the trams andibuses to relieve the staff shortage which has led to the present trouble.
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Evening Star, Issue 25083, 26 January 1944, Page 4
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111STRIKE UNDER WAY Evening Star, Issue 25083, 26 January 1944, Page 4
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