NEWSPAPER OPINION.
, MR UTTERANCES. (Received May 9, 10.29 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 9. The "Sydney Morning llerald," referring to the strike, says : "In the circumstances it is the duty of all concerned, however remotely in the matter, to refrain from saying or doing anything which may tend to promote or strengthen the difficulty. In 'this connection it ds particularly to be regretted that a member of our own Ministry permitted himself to be led into an expression of opinion whioh may cause the 'strikers to believe that they have the sympathy of our Government."
The "Daily Telegraph" says: "Boiled down, the reason given for the precipitation of hostilities is the fear of Parliament. The action, of the Government in convening the constitutional '■ representatives ..of the people is denounced as being the result of a desire to settle the question 'hy legndation, and it is for the purpose of anticipating this unfair course, as it is called, that the strike has been declared. The Unions have taken, a course intended to defqat the supremacy Of Parliament and to setup in its place the coercive rule of the Strike Committee. The conduct of a responsible Minister of the State like Mr O'Sullivan, in rushing to take sides against Parliamentary Government. in Victoria can only be described as lamentable."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7701, 9 May 1903, Page 5
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