IRISH HARVESTERS
BAD RECEPTION IN ENGLAND.
Prcs* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON. July 9.
1 1-.-;•■' xl's immunity from Conscription is haviiio a serious effect on the hiring of harvest labor in the North of' England. At hiring fairs strong- young Irishmen being taunted with failing to do their duty led to frays between them and farmers at various places, necessitating police intervention. Englishmen are disgusted that young Irishmen should be allowed to come to England and claim big wages in place of elderly Englishmen who have been called ts, tho" army.
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Evening Star, Issue 16783, 11 July 1918, Page 6
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95IRISH HARVESTERS Evening Star, Issue 16783, 11 July 1918, Page 6
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