RAILWAY STRIKE
EXTENSION OF TROUBLE. COMMUNISTS BLAMED. (United Press Assn.—Uy Telegraph—Copyright.) Brisbane, November 25. The railway strike is extending to the railwaymen at Cloncurry, Hughenden and Innisfail, who have decided to cease work. The trouble is believed to have been fomented by Communists. At Hughenden over a hundred men marched to the railway station, led by a well-known Communist, and sang the “Red Flag.’’ All police leave has been cancelled and 24 police have been despatched to the centre of the disturbance.
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Southland Times, Issue 21561, 26 November 1931, Page 7
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82RAILWAY STRIKE Southland Times, Issue 21561, 26 November 1931, Page 7
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