LONDON CROWDS

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1937, Page 5

LONDON CROWDS

BUS STRIKE

Great Dislocation

(Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, Alay 2

The presence of the Cup tie ciovd> .combined with the usual crush of Londoners, led to remarkable scenes ni London. Midnight crowds relying on the tube railways for getting home in the absence of buses, found the st a,tions already blocked, and trains .blocked. Many were stranded on platforms,. when the last trains- departed, and they sought taxis in vain. These were all engaged, and thousands oi people had a long Hamp home.. All those possessing cars used them to go to theatres, resulting in unprecedented traffic blocks, when the- audiences poured out into the streets again. The London morning papers deplore the withdrawal of the buses, at a time when London is crowded with visitors for, the Coronation, and express the view that the men are alienating sympathy, which would be with them in a reasoned appeal for a reconsideration of their conditions, -in the light of the strain of city traffic.

RUGBY, May 1

Central London represented an unusual appealance, this morning, in the absence of the lines of familiar omni, buses, 5000 of which have been with, drawn from the streets, by the strike. The traffic seemed to be no less congested, however, as large numbers of additional private ears had evidently been brought into use, and whatever diminution the coincidence of the first day of the strike with the Saturday half-day may have caused in the numbers of incoming workers was more than made up by the “invasion” from the provinces, for the football cup tie. The Alinistry of Labour has set up a Court .of Inquiry under the 1919 In. dustrial Court Act, “t 0 _ inquire into and report upon the question of hours of work, working conditions, and the circumstances of the employment of drivers and conductors- in the London Central omnibus service, and the mat. ters in issue between the London Passenger Transport Board and the Transport and General Workers’ Union.”

The Court will meet on Alonday,

BRITISH MINERS.

NOTTS DISPUTE UNSETTLED -

LONDON, May 2

Mines Department officials were in conference for several hours with representatives of the Owners’ Federation and the rival Nottinghamshire Union, which alone has been recognised by the owners since 1926, whereas the other) union is the one affiliated to -the Miners’ Federation. No settlement was reached in time to -prevent the decision of the miners, to delegate the conference to tender notices-

HOLLYWOOD STRIKE

3000 More Out

PRODUCTION MAY STOP

HOLLYWOOD, May 3

The number of the striking cinema workers here has incr/eased to six thousand.- This is due to the votes of eleven unions-

Nine studios are affected. The Actors’ Guild met, and voted to defer action 'in the strike for a week in order for the Board of Directors to confer with the producers. The press demands that the actors shall be allowed to continue to penetrade the picket lines, pending a re port on the conference. It is likely that production of pictures will be virtually halted. The new strikers include engineers, moulders, plumberls, -costumers, machinists, boiler makers, and welders.

The actors who attended the Guild meeting included Montgomery, Tone, Crawford, Biondell, and Menjou.

’Frisco Hotel Workers

STRIKE FOR 5-DAY WEEK-

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3

When the. employees at the hotels went on strike, six thousand guests at fifteen of the hotels were left without a lift or a telephone service, and without heat, et cetera.

The strikers demand a five-day week, and preferential hiring. Mr Oliver Hardy slept overnight in a ehair in a hotel lobby, refusing to walk twenty flights to his room.