AUSTRALIAN LABOR TROUBLES.
QUARRYMEN ON STRIKE
United Fbicss Association— Copyright SYDNEY, Nov. 1.
The majority of the cpiarrymen about Sydney will be idle to-day. It has been decided to stand out lor an increase of a shilling a day. The strike will affect other branches of the building trade. The demands have been conceded in a’few cases. •
The coke works at Clifton have been closed owing to the miners’ strike. (Received November 2, 1 a.m.)
Most of the private quarries about Sydney are idle. The strikers demand not only a shilling increase, but a reduction of working hours from 48 to 44.
THE CLIFTON STRIKE CASES
The hearing of the Clifton strike cases has been resumed. The strikers decided not to attend the Court unless kept in custody or supplied with food, declaring that they were without means to obtain food and could not leave the district to get work because of having to attend the Court.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2648, 2 November 1909, Page 5
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157AUSTRALIAN LABOR TROUBLES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2648, 2 November 1909, Page 5
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