LABOUR.
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES' DECISION. (By Cable—Pr«s Association— Copyright.) f'The Times.") LONDON. May 27. The Congress of Co-operative Societies shelved the question of affiliating with the Labour Party. The, decision is regarded as important, in view of the anxiety of advanced .Labourites to secure financial backing from the cooperative societies, as '.veil as food supplies, in the event of general strikes. RAILWAY STRIKS AT BOMBAY. ■ f TWzrams.* DELHI. May 27. Railwry strikers at Bombay rioted and damaged rails and s'gnals, and waylaid trains. The military dispersed the strikers, cf whom 12,000 are out. TROUBLE IN SPAIN. ' _ LONDON. .May 27. ' The Madrid Government is considering the socialisation of bread, in conscience of the bakers' strike. j N.S.W. STRIKE 0? 1917. (Australian and N.Z. CaWo Association.) | SYDNEY. May 23. j Mr "W. E. Wearne, Leader of the ; Progressive Party, has threatened not . to support the Government if the latter reinstates the Government strikers of ; 1917. .! The Secretary of Labour says the . challenge will he • accepted. The Go- > vernment would restore the rights of . the victimised unionists irrespective of j the consequences.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16847, 29 May 1920, Page 9
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