COUNTING UP LOSSES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1939, 23 December 1913, Page 6

COUNTING UP LOSSES.

THE WASTAGE OF STRIKES. - (By Telegraph—Presa Association.) Chl'lstcliurch, December 22. Attempts wwo mado by a reporter today to collect information regarding the economic effects of the strike in the city and in Canterbury generally. It was found, however, that, at the best, 'only approximate estimates could ho obtained. It is probable that the total cost of the strike to those actually engaged in it, as well as to those who were affected by it, will never bo fully known. Some rough estimate of tho loss in wages that strikers suffered is possible, but it is extremely diflicult, if not altogether impossible, to estimate even what tho district has lost owing to'thc stoppage of production and owing to the orders that have not been received. One estimato (admittedly only taking into account the loss in wages and part of the loss in production) puts the total at over £20,000, tho details being:— Watersiders' wages, £10,000; drivers' wages, £700; foundries and confectionery, and other workers affected by the strike, £3000 ; loss in production (foundries, confectionery, and other works), £9000: total, £22,700. |