STRIKE OF RAILWAYMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19736, 8 September 1927, Page 11

STRIKE OF RAILWAYMEN.

QUEENSLAND DEADLOCK. TRAIN SERVICES CEASE. TRANSPORT UNION'S SUPPORT. BUSINESS FIRMS AFFECTED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Cony right. (Received September 7, 10.53 p.m.) A. and N.Z. BRISBANE, Sept. 7. There is no sign of a settlement of the Queensland railway strike. It is now clear that no trains will run in the State this week. There is even some doubt if a service can bo started next week. A procession of 1500 of the striking railwaymen marched through the streets to-day. They were quiet and orderly. At a mass meeting of the South Johnstone sugar mill and railway strikers the men unanimously rejected the terms of settlement proposed by the Arbitration Court and drew up new terms. These will be submitted to a meeting of the representatives of the combined unions, and if they are rejected the matter will be referred back to the Disputes Committee. Three thousand members of the Transport Workers' Union met at Brisbane today. They unanimously decided not to handle any goods from the railways while the strike continues. So far petrol has not been declared "black." For the first time large firms are feeling the loss of business and numbers have decided to give their employees their annual holidays while business is slack. If the situation continues as at present it will result in many dismissals. The State Parliament was to-day adjourned until September 15.

SPREAD OF TROUBLE. POSSIBILITY CONSIDERED. A MELBOURNE CONFERENCE. (Received September 7, 11.5 p.m.) A. and-N.Z MELBOURNE, Sept. 7. The president of the Seamen's Union and the general secretary of the Australian Railways Union decided to-day to summon a conference of the Seamen's Union, the Waterside Workers' Federation, the Railways Union and the Marine Stewards' Union, to discuss the possibility of the Queensland strike spreading to the other States. The present policy of these organisations is to confine the dispute to Queensland.

UNEMPLOYED WARNED. MUST NOT FILL VACANCIES. NEW SOUTH WALES ENGINEERS. A. and. N.Z SYDNEY. Sept. 7. The Commonwealth council of the Amalgamated Engineering Union has issued a warning to unemployed members of the organisation in New South Wales not to apply for employment on the Queensland railways. There are about 000 unemployed members of the New South Wales union at present.