TELEGRAPHISTS IN INDIA.
j THE STRIKE CONTINUES. i Br Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. [ Calcutta, April 13. The telegraphists of India, the ma- I jority of whom arc now out on strike 1 against, the new regulations, heretofore had three hours' interval for sleep during the night watch. | They were ordered to undertake ! eight hours' continuous duty, day or I night, and to this they objected, ask- j ing in return for an increase of 25 j per cent, on their pay. This was refused, and shortly after the strike opened. The Viceroy of India, the Earl of Minto, supports Mr. Newlands, the British Post Office expert who was sent, to India to reorganise the service, in enforcing the new regulations.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13725, 15 April 1908, Page 7
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