A PAPER FAMINE THREATENED

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 185, 12 August 1911, Page 5

A PAPER FAMINE THREATENED

THE GOVERNMENT WILL STEP

(Received Aug. 12, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 11. Owing to the strike the newspapers are threatened with a "shortage of paper. Five thousand tons are used weekly and 10,000 tons are lying at the wharves at Wapping and Blackfriars and are not deliverable. It is estimated that many of the papers have only three or four days' supply. There is practically no businessl doing in Covent Garden, supplies reaching the market by such a strategy as using furniture vans. Thirty thousand cases of fruit are lying at the South Eastern and Chatham railway company's depots. The carmen have no grievance and are not striking, but the other strikers are preventing the delivery of arrivals.

Fifty thousand cases of French, Spanish and Californian fruit will be spoilt unless the strike is ended on Monday.

Mr Churchill, questioned in the House of Commons, said that unless a settlement was arrived at to-day or Thursday it will be necessary for' the Government to make a statement regarding the steps necessary to maintain order and food supply. The Commissioner of police is instructed to

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take all measures for tfksfe .preservation of order and proaarg&ly ;to arrest intimidators. '■,-.,■ m-n Mr G. Lansfomry -and Mr Will Crooks have bitterly -complained of tho actions of the pwlMe.

THE CARTERS' -TROUBLE

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LONDON, Aug. 11. An all-night conference to-day reached a settlement in the carters' grievances on the basis of six days a week of 72 hours and no day more than. 14 hours. the,d*ivers of one-horse vans to receive 275, two-hors© 31s, four-horse 38s'j stablemen, 27®. The lightermen's and stevedores' grievances -are still oinder consideration. None of the sections are resuming work antil all >are satisfied.