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Show LEAVES AUSTRALIA FOR HIS "HEALTH" San Francisco, Aug 15 J S. Badger, Bad-ger, general manager of the tramways company of Brisbane, Australia, arrived ar-rived in San Francisco on the liner Sonoma on a vacation of policy. Badger Bad-ger last January issued an order forbidding for-bidding the tramway employes to wear union buttons The order precipitated pre-cipitated an immediate general strike In Brisbane, paralyzing business for five dayB. It was two weeks before affairs returned to their normal condition. con-dition. The tramways company was held responsible by the populace for the disturbance and Badger remembered remem-bered that ho had not seen his old homo for sixteen years. "There Is a strong feeling against American meat packers In Australia," said Badger. "Stevedores refuse to pack refrigerated mutton on board ships bound for the United States, and the people there believe that tho high cost of living Is mostly due to trusts that reach out all over the world for their merchandise." |