LABOUR TROUBLES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10738, 1 September 1913, Page 8

LABOUR TROUBLES.

KIOT IN DUBLIN. «t>9<nni United Press Association— By Elec trio Telegraph—Copyright. Received September 1. 1 p.m. London, August 31. There was serious rioting hy the tramway strikers in Dublin. The crowd threw stones and bottles and tbe police batoned the crowd. One man was fatally injured and five policemen were injured. ... , The Coachbuilders’ Association at Dublin has retaliated against the strikers hy locking out every member of the Transport Workers’ Union. Larkin, leader of .the Transport workers, publicly burnt the proclamation prohibiting a demonstration. Larkin, who was remanded on bail, has eluded re-arrest. The transport workers are pledged not to pay rent until their demands have been conceded

TRAMWAY RIOTS.

JTwo hundred civilians and thirty constables were injured in the tramway riots. THE RAND STRIKE. Johannesburg, August 31. Owing to the strike the Witwatersraud Company’s profits for July decreased by £300,000 as compared with May. Eive other ‘ companies showed a loss of £34,000 compared with a profit of £52,000. The total decreased expenditure was £300,00.