THE BARRIER TROUBLE.
?« BROKEN HILL, April 4. The:? (strike is continuing. Tha houses of officials of the Silverton Tramway; men are picketed. Pickets JntereeDted tradesmen, not allowi i» them to deliver the necessaries of liCe; They allowed milk to be delivered at one house where there wae a sick childThe service of the Silverton trams is hung up, and communication outside of Broken Hill is confined to motors and bullock teams. So far none of the mines are affected. '..---. - *, ■•; ■. . • The Tramway Company states that it will not object to employees joining tho Union if certain officers are exempt^ cd. The nip of the Barrier strike is beginning to be seriously felt". "Fodder is running shori, '. . . • m Two . sections of tho amalgamated zinc- works have closed; and'the British mine has ceased breaking and haul-, ing ore. The JunctionI'mine -closes 'today .owing to shortage of trucks to' carry ,tho oro.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 7 April 1913, Page 5
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148THE BARRIER TROUBLE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 7 April 1913, Page 5
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