"SLIPPERY EEL."
EMPLOYERS AFFRONTED
STRIKE CONFERENCE ABAN"-
DONED,
(Received 9.30 a.m.)
LONDON, July 28.
The builders' strike conference broke down abruptly. Mr Pickles, a Painters' Union official, called Mr Nicholls, the Employers' Union president, a slippery eel, whereupon the employers indignantly left the room as a protest against Mr Pickles' immoderate language.—Sun.
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Northern Advocate, 30 July 1924, Page 5
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