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Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 4

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MEN RETURN TO WORK. Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. CAPE TOWN, March 18. The latest authoritative news from tho Rand states that tho strike was definitely over at midnight. Tho mines aro obtaining all the men thev require. They will take on as many as possible, but the native labor supply is short. . . At some of the mines the- lower levels are under water. Various acts of sabotage committed during the strike tend to delay the full resumption of operations. Tho men aro returning on the diamoer of Mines' terms, but tho promise of the Government to appoint an impartial board, presided over by a judge, to investigate the situation holds good. There is a general stampede to get back to work. 1 The -Mine Worker** Union has passed a resolution dissociating the organisation from the revolution, which was set up without their knowledge or consent under cover of a real strike issue, and repudiating and condemning such unwarranted action. The Mine Workers' Union has a membership of over 21,000. The strike lasted twenty-six days on the coalfields, sixty-seven on tho goldfields, and there were eleven days of the so-called . general strike.—A. and N.Z. Cable. %

THE FINANCIAL LOSS. CAPE TOWN. March 18. (Received March 20, at 9.20 a.m.) It is estimated' that £6,000,000 was lost through the stoppage of gold production.—A. and N.Z. Cable.