ADELAIDE TRANSPORT STRIKE.
A SENATOR'S APPEAL,
SECRET BALLOT PROPOSAL,
(Received Dec. 10, 10.4 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Dec. 19. The strike position is unchanged. Addressing a mass meeting, Senator McGregor asked the people not to believe the stories of acts of violence. Tf they found somebody trying" to take the bread from their mouths they might he templed to do what they would hesitate to do under more sober conditions; therefore it was the duty of the police to do all they could to assist those men who were asking for r more equitable distribution of general prosperity. Although he was a sworn representative of law and order, he affirmed that the men were justified in the position taken up. The Premier states That Government has made arrangements to deliver foodstuu's in necessitous cases to prevent extreme hardship. Firms requiring goods delivered will be provided with police protection en application. Government will see that all fuel required will be delivered, and will also take into cola storage ail perishable goods. The Drivers' Union decided to take secret ballot on the question: "Do you consent to 52 hours in Adelaide and Port Adelaide, and 54 hcurs on the Port Adelaide road at eight shillings a day?"
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Northern Advocate, 19 December 1910, Page 5
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203ADELAIDE TRANSPORT STRIKE. Northern Advocate, 19 December 1910, Page 5
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