ANOTHER STRIKE LOOMING.
BIG SHIPPING TROUBLE THREATENED BY COAL TRIMMERS [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] | [Aust and N.Z. Gable Association.] I (Received Wednesday, 5.5 p.m.) | LONDON, April 1. A serious development is threatened in connection with the entire British shipping. The Leith coal trimmers struck because the employers objected to the appointment of three foremen. When the strikers were ready to resume the employers announced that they had promised permanent employment to the men who replaced the strikers. The latter are making the matter a national one. SEAMEN’S LOCKOUT THREATENED (Received Wednesday, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, April 1. Mr Read, of the American passenger shipping companies, states that the shipbuilders have declared a lockout on April 10 of the members of all Unions whose Southampton members do not resume by the Bth.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3599, 3 April 1924, Page 5
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129ANOTHER STRIKE LOOMING. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3599, 3 April 1924, Page 5
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