DASTARDLY STRIKERS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10855, 26 March 1929, Page 5

DASTARDLY STRIKERS

SUSPECTED ARSON

TIMBER MILLS FIR ED

BRUTAL ASAULT ON VOLUNTEERS.

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SYDNEY, March 25

.An outbreak of fire which occurred ai Eaton's timber yards. North Sydney, (is thought to have been a deliberate attempt to destroy the property. Mr. Corke. secretary of the. Timber Merchants' Association, said he had received warnings that_ Eaton's and McKenzie’s yards ai least wood, where a fire occurred last AYoduesday. would be set on tire. There were further brutal assaults on loyal timber workers (luring - the weekend. William Banks ” was - set upon by a number of men at Glebe, knocked down in the road and kicked about the head. He had several ribs broken. CAGTJOX URGED. STRIKE COMMITTEE’S ADUJCE TO TIMBER WORKERS. PROPOSED BURNING OF BAUDOT PAPERS CONDEMNED. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright. (Australian Press Association.) MELBOURNE. March '25. The central strike committee Tiis-cu-xcct the timber dispute during the week-end. It expressed apprehension that key industries were likely to become involved if a settlement were not soon reached, li intends to counsel the unions to avoid any extension, and also advised Sydney unions to refrain from burning the ballot papers or the judge's effigy as threatened.