FRENCH POSTAL CRISIS.
UNYIELDING MINISTER. "MEN'S ACTION MADNESS." THREAT TO USE MILITARY. Times and Sydney Sun Sorvicoe. (Received June 25. 6.5 p.m.) „ Paris, Juno 24. A million letters are being held up by the postal strike. The foreign mail service is dislocated. The Minister in charge of the Postal Department, replying to a deputation which to-day complained of the loss commercially of £40,000, said he preferred to call out tho military if necessary to protect Paris and the country's commorceThe men's action was sheer madness, All the resources of tho State would be requisitioned to avoid interruptions to the mail service.
DISSENSION AMONG HANKS. ( ■SENIOR MEN INTIMIDATED. FOODLESS FOR SEVEN HOURS. , (Received Juno 25, 11.5 p.m.) Paris, June 25. Much disorder occurred at the central post office until late yesterday afternoon when a sudden truce was declared. The malcontents, mostly minor i postmen, kept the seniors »ho declined to strike within the building for seven hours without food. The latter lowered cords for the purpose of hauling up food, but) tho police cut the cords, believing they were stopping the strikers' supplies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15645, 26 June 1914, Page 7
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182FRENCH POSTAL CRISIS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15645, 26 June 1914, Page 7
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