BROKERS’ PROTEST
New French Taxation GOOD-HUMOURED STRIKE Paris, Jan. 25. Brokers refused to transact business as a protest against M. Cheron’s proposed Budget-balancing taxes. The authorities decided to close the Bourse for a day. A great increase in unemployment is expected if the strike continues. The Bourse strike was carried out with the utmost good humour. When a couple of score of portly stockbrokers tried to initiate a market, the orders were not registered on the indicator, as'the strikers had cut the electric wires. After that the hall became a babel of chatter and laughter, a few stink bombs adding to the confusion. The Government threatens to prosecute on the ground that any demonstration against the freedom of Parliamentary discussion cannot be allowed.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 9
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123BROKERS’ PROTEST Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 9
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