Strikes are no novelty in Australia, but the "sit down" variety is quite a recent importation. Workers in the gas companies which supply the city and certain oÑ the suburbs df Melbourne are pioneering the fashion in Victoria, Dissatisfied with an Mbitration Court award; 700 Workren downed tools and took up permanent residence in the companies' premises. Broadcast music, dancing snd games help to pass the time, and friends and relatives are invited to visit them on Sunday afternoons. It is all very orderly and sociable, but exasperating to the rest of the community, Rigid Measures Taken to Eliminate Indulgence
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