QUEENSLAND STRIKE.
GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. Vote of censure moved. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.35 p.m.) BRISBANE.' Sept. 9. In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Moore, moved a vote of censure on the Government for its attitude in connection witth the recent railway strike. He said the Government had become an object of scorn and shame throughout the Britfoh Empire. Mr. Moore added: "We have had the first step in a revolution in Queensland. " In replying to the motion the Premier, Mr. W. N. Gillies, said a crisis had been reached and the Labour Party would have to decide at the next convention whether it stood for arbitration or direct action.
" I do not desire to lead a party that is going to support direct action," Mr. Gillies said. " The Opposition might have moved that the Government does not possess the confidence of the.House because it did not resort to brute force and bludgeon the railwayiiien bitck to work." The Queensland Government was not prepared to meet brute force with brute force. The strike was one of the most orderly on record.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19119, 10 September 1925, Page 9
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