TRANSPORT BY ROAD
SPECIAL CONSTABLES MAY 33 E NEEDED.
(Renter's Telegram.)
LONDON, 3rd May. Hyde Park was closed at midnight for the purpose of assembling lorries in connection with the distribution of milk in tho London area. The price of milk has increased sixpence to eightpence a gallon. If necessary, for the use of road transport, arrangements will be made to call up special constables. A battalion of the Cheshire Regiment has arrived at Cardiff, but no troops will be moved to the coal fields unless an emergency arises. The Atlantic Fleet, due to leave Portsmouth on Tuesday for summer exercises, is awaiting the Admiralty's orders. ' . The newspapers generally point out that a general strike is not a new experiment. It has been tried and always failed. They t emphasise that four million trade unionists are arraying themselves against more than forty millions of the general community.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1926, Page 7
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147TRANSPORT BY ROAD Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1926, Page 7
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