WILD SCENES AT COUNCIL.
LABOUR TROCBiLES IN J JOHANNESBURG.
(Received Mirca 30, ll.?0 $.».) CAP JOHANN»SBtmG, tt*w*:ffe##i A meeting of th« Town Coufceit* after a hot debate, decided ■*£'?U -^ votes to 13 to retrench tM»tsr^<^'fs Ployees in the municipal»6Wß* tions. ■ ■''■''.".'. *^'>: ;"S:'sf The galleries were, crowded Council employees and other %<Jfcis€P; ers who hurled threats and cuT#ea"«i "->•'■■-; l.he Councillors, sang th« **It»d 1* Flag," and dispersed la disorder. ; l\|l! There was a dramatic episode at y^g the conclusion, a Labourite OouhciK o lor shouting: " The Council witl .H*<ySs?. the day it crossed swords i^ith or- ; r<t -,':; 1 ganized Labout." •' ■•'■ ' '■-■■' ' V.;:-;^ A ballot or.m««tef build«#s '4h,:^|| Johannesburg and Pretoria 1*i8: f|l overwhelmingly against Ittrthef WIB^-f;| cessions to the men on strike. ■•• ■ '■- .■' rh
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17535, 31 March 1919, Page 5
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119WILD SCENES AT COUNCIL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17535, 31 March 1919, Page 5
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