Sabotage on British Warships
POITR MEN DISCHARGED PROM DOCKYARDS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.-*Copyright. LONDON, March 23. Following an inquiry by Secret Service officers working in conjunction with the local police, four meu have been discharge dfroni thb Royal Dockyard at Plymouth in connection with the Tecent cases of sabotago on British warships at Devonport.. The Daily Telegraph states that all firms carrying out Governcmnt con-
tracts had been warned agaiust employing one of these men, though he be a skilled craftsman. Trade union' officials took up the case, but dropped it after receiving informatiou from the Admiralty. It is understood the man had previously beeu involved in a strike at an aircraft factory and had been connected with several other disputes.
‘ “We deplore sabotage incidents as much as all right-thinking citizens,' said Mr Barkill, a trade union official, who is secretary of the Admiralty Joint Industrial Council. “They are a reflection on British workmen who, with, very few exceptions, would not stoop to such behaviour.’’
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 71, 25 March 1936, Page 5
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