MEN WITHOUT MONEY
NO ONE TO PAY OUT INDUSTRIES FEELING PINCH Reed. 10.20 a.m. ERISBANE, Tues. Another mass meeting, preceded by a procession through the streets, was held in the city. This has been arranged as a dally demonstration to keep up the spirits of the idle employees. \ esterdaj' was the railwaymen’s fortnightly pay day, but a.s no staff was available to carry out the work, the men will remain without the money owing to them for the time being. Steamers are leaving Brisbane heavily laden with passengers, cargo and mails. In some places mails are being dispatched by private cars travelling between the towns. Some industries are beginning to feel the pinch of the stoppage. When the' Inkerman sugar-mill Is compelled to close down a few days hence, owing to storage congestion, about 500 men. including farm hands and cane-cutters, will be thrown out of work. This is the height of the season, and it. is feared that the losses will be severe, as the cane will have to remain in the fields instead of being harvested. Pastoralists who are handfeeding sheep are in an anxious position, as the available supplies will soon be used up. —A. and N.Z
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 144, 8 September 1927, Page 1
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200MEN WITHOUT MONEY Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 144, 8 September 1927, Page 1
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