STRIKERS LOSING HEART.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20255, 15 May 1929, Page 13

STRIKERS LOSING HEART.

TIMBER TRADE DISPUTE.

EXTREMISM A FAILURE. PLANS TO FORM NEW UNION. SYDNEY, May 14. Rumblings of discontent within the ranks of tho timber trade strikers are becoming increasingly manifest. Tho men are considering whether they should apply for the deregistration of Ihoir own union and tho registration of a new body to embrace volunteer workers and men who have refused to strike. An alternative proposal is that an agitation should be started in the old union for the removal of tho extremists who have gained the ascendancy. It is pointed out that the chairman of the Strike Committee, Mr. Ivavanagh, is the owner of the Communist Weekly, a paper tho policy of which is to foment strife and industrial trouble.

General regret is expressed by the strikers that they did not remain at work. The members of the Disputes Committee realise that they are engaged in a losing fight, and they arc looking for a scapegoat.

A telegram from Melbourne states that after having refused the request of the Premier, Sir William McPherson, for another peace conference, the employers' Disputes Board has asked that tho Government shall ensure police protection if they reopen their mills with volunteer labour.