ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT.
STRIKE FUND
(United Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, December 15. Tiie Premier" has announced that the 'Governor'is considering; the most practicable r-ncl effectual means of assisting in the supremacy of the law. The doings of the Strike Congress have been watched, and while it had prevented the ■ strike spreading, it was, nevertheless, controlling operations. It is believed the Government will pass a short Act making the penal clauses of the Industrial Disputes Act: more drastic. There being no immediate ..prospects of the southern lniners returning to work, the', horses have again been removed from the mines. The Railway Department has resumed the carriage of wool to the seaboard. Up to date £5000 has been contributed to the strike fund from various parts of tho Commonwealth. The money is distributed as fast as it comes in.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12395, 16 December 1909, Page 5
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137ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12395, 16 December 1909, Page 5
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