THE SYDNEY STRIKE.
THIRTY-FIVE STEAMERS HELD UP.
Thirty-five steamers are laid up as a result of the coastal strike.
UNIONIST TERMS REJECTED. A CRITICAL SITUATION.
United Press Association-Copyright-(Received March 26, 1.10 a-ni.; v SYDNEY, March 20. The trouble between the coastal shipping companies and the whait laborers union still continues. The conference broke up to-night after a further lengthy sitting, and Mr. Hughes announced that the companies had rejected the terms submitted by the unionists, and tno strangle would continue. . out Australia. , , Many rumors are current as to the probable development and extension of the strike, and the position is considered critical, but both sides ai the day the Employers Federation meeting re-affirmed then intention to preserve the right ot pi vate, contract with regard to the employment of free laoor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2149, 26 March 1908, Page 3
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131THE SYDNEY STRIKE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2149, 26 March 1908, Page 3
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