RAILWAY STRIKE
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AT DEADLOCK. NUMBER OF MEN RESUMING WORK SOUTH WALES COLLIERIES AND STEEL WORKS IDLE By Telegraph—Press Association. —OomiOHT London, January 25. While the railway peace negotiations and the National Union of Railwaymen are apparently at a deadlock, a number of men who joined the strikers are returning to work in various places, notably Hull, where 300 decided to resume, after a five-hour meeting, tne voting in favour of resumption being 122 to 37. Some members of the Locomotive Men's Society are also said to be resuming. . ~ . A further hopeful sign is that Mr. MacDonald has instructed the Ministry of Labour to inquire into the strike and report to Cabinet. Meanwhile, practically all the collieries in South Wales are now idle, and all the tinplate and steel works are closing down. —Reuter. INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO DO REPAIR WORK London, January 25. Following the abortive conference Mr. Bromley instructed the members of his society not to repair locomotives worked by those who did not obev the call 1 to come out. —Sydney ‘’Sun Cables. STRIKE PAY (Rec. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 26. It is estimated that tho Locomotive Men’s Union will disperse over £75,000 ,in strike pay to-day.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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204RAILWAY STRIKE Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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