THE LABOUR WORLD.
"■ THE SUGAR STRIKE. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] BRISBANE, This Day. The Hon Mr Tudor, who arrived at Bundaberg in connection • with the ;ugar strike, met the growers who agreed that the men’s demands were reasonable but they were unable _ to grant them until their own conditions improved and they received a higher price for the cane. It was suggested that the price be regulated by the Government. Mr Tudor said he was unable to see how to regulate it, hut would make enquiries. The Sugar Company was not in the business for the good of its health, and was evidently making comfortable profits. STARTLING ALLEGATIONS. Received this day at 11.5 a.m. SYDNEY, This Day. In the House of Assembly, Mr Pei’ry asked for a Royal Commission to inquire into the allegations that union agents go round tlie country blackmailing employers by threatening prosecutions. He created an uproar by saying he would produce fifty witnesses to prove they had been blackmailed in this way. The matter then dropped.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1911, Page 5
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