Cotton Strike Is On
MANY MILLS IDLE (British Official Wireless.) Received Tuesday, 9.50 p.m. RUGBIf, Aug. 29,
The strike of the manufacturing section of the Lancashire cotton industry began to-day. There are no indications af weakening on either side.
The extent to which the Lancashire cotton weavers has responded to the strike call is not yet fully known," but from reports available in various 'centres it would appear that a considerable number of mills are at work and m some towns in south and south-e«st Lancashire the conditions are almost normal. In north Lancashire, notably Burnley, Nelson, Preston and Accrington, however, very few operatives started work to-day.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 August 1932, Page 8
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