AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE.
ALL INTERSTATE TRAFFIC I CEASES. | - MANY MEN UNEMPLOYED. j 8Y CABLE—PB.ESS ASSOCIATION—-COPYRIGHT J (Received Jan. 7, 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 7. ] As the result of the marine en- i gineevs' strike all interstate shipping ' traffic is at a standstill. Five thousand men are unemployed, and 80,000 tons of shipping are idle at Sydney. ■ The wharf laborers have asked the Federal Government for a sustenance allowance while the strike continues. MELBOURNE, Jan. 7. The marine stewards and pantrymen have decided to support the decision of the Sydney branch. i
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 7 January 1920, Page 7
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AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 7 January 1920, Page 7
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