The Archive · 1928

Urgent Conference Called

The Waterside Workers Federation has summoned 23 urgent con-{ference of all Transport Unions for to-morrow, which will be the $3rd day of the dockers' strike. a meeting in Melbourne the Lumpers Union and at a meeting in Port Phillip (N.S.W.) of the] Stevedores Association it was de-fided to reject the Strike Committee's Instructions to take out]

The shipowners have flatly reds ed a further request for a confer-re in Methourne Oct. 13, the offer of a reward information leading to detection of perpetrators of bomb outrages, a further outrage was committed last night st the house of a stevedore foreman in West Bruns-

The house was partly wrecked, but there were no casualties.

Police protection has been doubled in the terrorized districts, The police are urging the Government to increase the reward to £2,000.

Pessimistic Oficial Howled Down Oct. 14.

There was a great uproar during a labour demonstration to-day at] Yacrabank when Crofts, the Secret-my of the Australasian Trac Union Council, declared that victory, was hopeless.

jo was howled down by a section of the crowd, who described the Trade Union Council as "a lot

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