LOCK-OUT ALLEGED .
COAL OWNER PROSECUTED
CANBERRA, March 22.
The Federal Government decided to ta]je proceedings against, -the wellknown coal pwner, Air. John Brown, of Newcastle, for causing an alleged lockout on the northern coal fields. Action is taken under the Industrial Peace Act, which forbids any .person or organisation bound by an award from doing anything in the nature -of a lock-out, or a strike. The penalty ranges from £3O to £IOOO. The case will be heard after Easter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 5
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79LOCK-OUT ALLEGED . Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 5
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