QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1927, Page 5

QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS

A.W.U. THREATEN PREMIER EFFORTS TO AVOID STRIKE (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn. —Copyright.) BRISBANE, September 1. The Australian Workers’ Union decided that if the railway trouble is not settled by Saturday, the positions of railwaymen, who will be dismissed by the Premier’s ultimatum, will be declared'’ “black,” and all railwaymen will refuse to fill them or work in conjunction with those filling them. A meeting of the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce endorsed the action, of the Premier, and promised practical support to prevent a dislocation of transport facilities. The Premier attended a lengthy meeting of the Queensland central executive and placed the issue clearly before the meeting. He emphasized that the railway commissioners, not the Union, should' control the railways. When the meeting dispersed, one prominent Union official said that the prospects of a settlement were bright. It is considered likely that the Board of Trade will be asked to intervene and arrange a compromise. Between 140 and 150 men have now been dismissed for refusing duty. “A POLITICAL THUG.”

SYDNEY, September 1.

.The New South Wales State Council of the Australian Railways Union sent £2OO to assist the Queensland strikers. The Council carried a motion declaring the threat of Premier McCormack “stamps him as a political thug,” and pledged themselves to support the men, and if the threat is carried out to do all in their power to prevent the handling of Queensland traffic.