CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.
London. Tbe Hon '•.. J Balfour, ' 'iiiel' - :ecretary of Ireland, is paying* a visit to the distric; s which are ail'ected w'.ih the potato blk'ht. At each of the districts yet ntttended he has boen well received, and has travelled through the western districts of Ireland without; an o?cort. The dee : son oft.be dock companies to aboli-h labour ga gers is likely to provoke .-erica.-- "rouble. Tlie dockers are su len, do.'gud and demoralised, and refuse to fulfil the agreements ararrangid by thoir l-aders They openly d dare that they will work when it pleases them, aud that they will pi event others working. Two Atluntic'Liverpool lieos nf .tenmors havo been laid up affecting [50,000 'ons of shir ping The Dock Committee off-r free labmr rs fair wages with pensions and will engage labourers with ut' the interverri n of middl ■• men. they propose tbe renewal ol piecework at the Albert and Victoiia Docks. The free labourers at Ply mouth are organising. The dockers have disobeyed Ihe award iv the dispute wMi Messrs A'leu and Wilson, of the American line of steamer-, the laf ■*••■• ay • an [dying to the Ui.ion for . a :j, ( <<.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 October 1890, Page 2
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194CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 30 October 1890, Page 2
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