UNION STATEMENTS BANNED ON RADIO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26708, 1 March 1948, Page 7

UNION STATEMENTS BANNED ON RADIO

Rec 10 p.m. BRISBANE, Feb. 29. Union statements and decisions inciting Queensland railwaymen to conlinue their strike were banned yesteidav by Brisbane A class radio stations, and only bare reports, without union Leaders* comments, were issued by B class stations. Queensland newspapers were warned by the Government Against the publication of the strikers decisions, but the Brisbane Sunday pipers carried them in an abbreviated *°The Government took this action under the emergency regulations proclaimed on Friday night. All reports nf ihp strike were withheld from the Australian overseas shortwave service. The ban was only partly effective, however, because Queensland iisteneis can tune into radio stations in other S The S 'Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, Dr Duhig, last night appealed to the strikers to return to work and prevent possible bloodshed. He the greatest sufferers are those whose breadwinners had been thrown out of employment. By returning to work on Monday morning, the men and their unions would gain the gratitude and sympathy of their fellow citizens throughout Queensland. AH police leave, has been cancelled and the police have been mobilised to meet any emergency.