EGYPTIAN WORKERS
SPREAD OF BOLSHEVISM.
(Anitralian and N.Z. Cable Association.)
LONDON, February 25. The Cairo correspondent of the “Daily Express” says that the workmen of the Egyptian Oil Company at Alexandra, have followed the textile workers example, and are barricading themselves inside the works, and refusing the officials “admittance. The spread of Bolshevism, in Egypt has created a demand for a commission of enquiry.
FACTORIES SURRENDERED.
CAIRO, February 25. The filature strikers have resumed work. Their live leaders were taken back, and tjlie workers’ lawyer re j ■cognised on the responsibility of the Government. The owners’ repudiation of these men was the direct cause of the outbreak. •
W/orkers ' evacuated |he P golin cottonseed cake factory, which was occupied by the police pending negotiations.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1924, Page 2
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