THE LABOUR AGITATION.
£TB*IIE ON THE BHAW-SA.VILL STJSAMER3. ALARM IN EtIIOPBAN CITIES, | united press Assocla'Tfoxi London, 29tn April. A compromise has beon arranged betw«e« ho Medw»y lightermon and the masters, hi £he mon have resumed work. Tho ooiloi-h on the Show Savill and Albion 3otapany's Bteai'ft'rs Isave struck, demanding ■8 hours as a weok's wotk rtftilo tho steamers ire in harbour. The Nott Zealand Shipping Company havo conceded the demand. Th« lookers endorse the demand ntado by vat i»ilor8. Muoh alarm is being folt in most Europear :ities at the approachinflr labour domonatra sions on Thursday, and in Vienna tho resi Jentß aro placing thoir valuablea in tl» nwtedy of the banks. Dphidin, 29th April. At a niVsofinff of oabmen to-night it was iecided to fofm a' vmioa. The Drapers' Assistants' Union to-nijrhi leoided to affiliate witG fb>s Trades »nc Labour Council. A resolutiota vras paasec pledging members not to purohatfo Jn shopi ifter 6 p.m., nor purchase any thing in a* snbjj it any other tiino whioh keeps opan after ( p.m. Auckland, 29th April. This eroninff a crowd, which included i uumbei 1 of tailoreeses on strike, assembled ai M'Bride's premißes, and some girls wh( havo re3ume<r ejiaploymont, aooeptingr th( prices paid by M'JJrMo, wore received witl vigorous hooting when they left work. A orowd also surrounded tho h'ofiteo of two o: the women and used opprobrious language.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1890, Page 2
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229THE LABOUR AGITATION. Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1890, Page 2
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