TIMBER TROUBLE
UGLY SITUATION IN MELBOURNE JUDGE HOOTED BY STRIKERS. UNION FINED £lOOO. [United Press Asaoclatlon-By CableCopyright.) [Australian ano M.z,. Press Association.! (Received 2. 9.55 a.m.) Melbourne, March 1. Judge Lukin to-day in the Arbitration Court fined the Timber Workers’ Union the maximum amount of £lOOO for “doing something in the nature of a strike.”
There was no appearance of the union officials.
Evidence was given that notices of a provocative character were posted about the mills calling on the men employed there to strike, also describing the Lukin award as a most infamous award and charging Judge Lukin with legalising slavery. A hostile demonstration was made outside the Court by 2000 strikers, who vigorously threatening and insulting words. A strong police cordon barred all the doors, and the position took an ugly turn. The police, however, triumphed. Free labour was engaged by the mill owners at Geelong to-day to handle a large shipment of hardwood. Police protection was provided.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 64, 2 March 1929, Page 5
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160TIMBER TROUBLE Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 64, 2 March 1929, Page 5
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