STRIKE IN JAMAICA
GHARGES AGAINST LABOUR LEADER KINGSTON, April 13. Jamaica is virtually paralysed by an island-wide strike called by the ißritish West Indies Trade Union in an effort to force the authorities to drop manslaughter charges against William Bustamante, Jamaica's Labour leader and virtual Prime Minister, and Frank Pixley, Minister of Social Services. Bustamante and Pixley face trial on April 24 on charges arising from the fatal beating on February 16 of John Nicholas during a Labour faction fight
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Evening Star, Issue 25768, 15 April 1946, Page 8
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80STRIKE IN JAMAICA Evening Star, Issue 25768, 15 April 1946, Page 8
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