OVERSEAS NEWS
CABLES IN BRIEF British Dockers’ Pay. The transport and general workers’ union has agreed to a tenpenee ent daily in dockers’ pay throughout Britain. Piecework rates are also reduced seven per cent., but no man’s weekly wage will be less than 50/-. The arrangement applies to 160,000 men. Fighting in Peru. A Trujillo despatch states that ten persons were killed and 13 wounded iu fighting between citizens and police at Paijan on the eve of the inauguration of the President-elect, Cento. Most of the dead and wounded were members of the party which supported Victor de la Torre in the presidential campaign. Farming In America. The Department of Agriculture, la its annual report, states that the gross income of the American fanner for 1931 will be from 25 to 80 per eeat. less than in 1929. Fann products in 1929 brought 11,911 million dollars, hi 1930 they brought 9347 million, and in 1931 they may bring less than 7000 million dollars. Serious Famine In Japan. Aomori officials are appealing to the Government to grant 20,000,000 yea to relieve 900,000 inhabitants of the prefecture facing starvation as a result ef the worst famine for many years, causing unprecedented distress, fte Imperial household has granted mon* tary relief and sent an officer to inve* tigate the conditions.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 305, 9 December 1931, Page 8
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