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SETTrLEMENT ACCEPTED.
Brickmakers to Resume Work.
SYDNEY, Oct. 19.--Terms of set
tlement as a basis for a resumption
of work were accepted by a mass
meeting of brickmakers, members of
the BrickPottery and Tile Workers'
Union, at Newtown on Saturday.
The strikers decided to return to
work when the settlement terms are
ratified by the Industrial Commis
sion, which will have the dispute
before it tomorrow. About 1,400
brickmakers have been on strike in
Sydney for about three weeks. They
demanded a reduced tally and pay
ment for annual holidays and union
picnic days.
It was stated tonight that the
settlement terms will mean an in
crease in the price of bricks to aUl
users. At present the prices for
common bricks are:-At Sydney,1
62/6 per 1,000; Victoria, 73/; South
Australia, 82/6; and Brisbane, 85/.
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