TIMBER STRIKE
THE IDLE ARMY GROWING. ALL BUILDING WORK CEASES., (United Press Association.] (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, May 1. An' additional (5000 men are idle as a result of the timber strike, irrespective of the timber workers themselves. The employers closed down all building work, which is absolutely at' a standstill . Efforts are being made to -ettle the dispute both in the timber industry and in the building trade by a conference which will be held to-day. Many important building contracts in the city are suspended.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20706, 2 May 1929, Page 9
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86TIMBER STRIKE Otago Daily Times, Issue 20706, 2 May 1929, Page 9
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