RAILWAY STRIKE
QUEENSLAND SERVICES
WHOLE STATE MAY BE INVOLVED TROUBLE AT TOWNSVILLE (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 9.3 p.m.) Sydney, November 24. A general railway strike is looming in Queensland. The trouble began at Townsville when local shunters refused to handle a truck of Chillagoe ore because it was loaded by non-unionists. The shunters were summarily dismissed. The whole of the railwaymen in Townsville yard then struck, but the rail services have been carried on with skeleton staffs from elsewhere. A mass meeting of railwaymen held at the Brisbane Trades Hall decided to support the Townsville men and also demand increases in pay and a 44-hour week for men at. the northern depots. The Premier, Mr Moore, announced that the Government would afford the fullest protection to those who remained loyal and would suppress intimidation. It would also probably reconsider the whole transport policy, which would mean severe retrenchment of railway services, involving the dismissal of many ringleaders in the present trouble.
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Southland Times, Issue 21560, 25 November 1931, Page 7
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162RAILWAY STRIKE Southland Times, Issue 21560, 25 November 1931, Page 7
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