RAILWAY STRIKE
IN SOUTH OF Vi ALES THOUSANDS OF WORKERS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Amir-iim aad M.Z. Cable Association (Received September 24. 11.50 p.m.) , otrpvciuoor The South Wales strike is tho result of a sectional trouble affecting only one hundred men who are discontented with, the recent 5s award. The strike has thrown JsAiO out of employment, many collieries have been aueneroa witn as well us railway trame. (Received September 25. 12.30 a.m.) LOi.'iDOis. September 24. The South warns railway strike is spreuUiug seriously, it includes tho I -■scwpoiT, Caruill. Neath, and iJanelly rail n ays. Interruptions are numerous, especially in regard to the coal trade | ana main-dne passenger trame. Mr J. H. Thomas, --.a., to the I Railway {servants’ Society, arrived at Newport and invited the men to a mass meeting, but the men refused. It is i es.uuated that there were several thousand strikers last night and an increasing number of colliers idle. 11. S. ARMY SHIP TORF EDGED TWENTY-THREE OF CREW MISSING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, September 23. The Navy Department has announced that tho Buenaventura, an Army cargo vessel, was torpedoed oif the coast of Spain on Friday. Twenty-three of the ; crew are missing.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10085, 25 September 1918, Page 6
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