THE DOCK LABOURERS' STRIKE.
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London, August 29,
t'Hecelved August 30, at 8 p.m.)
The Austral has arrived at Plymouth, and has fbeen ordered to Graveeend. - The Liguria is loading at Plymouth wharff Wharfingers threaten that unless the' dock companies virtually concede tbe men's demands they, will proceed to work the wharves and unload ships in the river instead of at the docks. The strikers have agreed to this course, but the companies adhere to the determination arrived at yesterday not to grant an increase of wages. ~ -. . ■ . . ;-.:••■ The New Zealand Shipping Company's clerks are loading the Hurunui.
August 30.
(Hecelved August flO, at 8.30 p.m.)
The Strike Committees describe the companies' concessions as a farce, and announces that it willcall labour of all-grades and descriptions out on strike on Monday unless the demands of men are conceded in full by noon on Saturday.
Bmsbane, August 30. : The wharf labourers here have cabled a sum of £150 in aid of the London dock men. ,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8587, 31 August 1889, Page 2
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168THE DOCK LABOURERS' STRIKE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 8587, 31 August 1889, Page 2
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