Three Developments In Queensland Strike

Northern Advocate, 17 March 1948, Page 5

Three Developments In Queensland Strike

BRISBANE, Wed. (11.30 a.m.). —Three important developments in the Queensland railway strike have affected the general outlook overnight;

(1) The interstate executive of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions declared in support of the strikers and demanded the granting of their claims forthwith. (2) Executive officers of the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council lifted the ban on the carriage of goods by rail from Brisbane to Sydney. (8) The Queensland Railways Commissioner announced that enough trains would run in Brisbane today to carry all people to and from work.

The executive of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions discussed the strike for five nours in Melbourne after hearing reports from the president of the Queensland Trades and Labour Council (Mr H. Harvey), the president of the disputes committee (Mr M. O’Brien), and the secretary of the committee (Mr A. Macdonald).

stands. The Queensland Railways Commissioner said that 240 trains ran in Queensland yesterday, and that over 300 would be in service today. The position with interstate road transport is that New South Wales road haulers will be granted permission to carry essential goods to Brisbane if the Queensland Government liaison officer says such transport is necessary.

Early this morning it passed a resolution supporting the strikers.

The ban ov the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council on the railing of goods from Brisbane was listed after negotiations with union leaders, but the ban on trains from New South Wales to Queensland still

Goods to be brought back will be decided by the Queensland authorities. Operators say that the decision concerning interstate rail transport has probably removed the emergency.