INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.
BRITISH BUILDERS' TROUBLE.
PROVINCIAL LOCK-OIJT APPROVED. '
By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright, . LONDON, July 24.
The ballot of the Provincial Master Builders' Association resulted in a decisive majority in favour of a national lock-out. '
LESS WOBK—MORE PAY.
THE ENGINEERS' DEMANDS.
(Received July 25, 9.50 a.m.) r . BRISBANE, July 25. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Engineers has demanded an increase of pay for its members working on the railways; also a reduction of hours to forty-four weekly, and other concessions. A strike is threatened.
RIOTERS AND CAVALRY.
PREE USE OF SABRES,
OTTAWA, July 24,
Strike riots occurred at St. John's, in Avhich cavalrymen charged a mob of several thousand people, striking them with the flat of their sabres. Many were seriously injured, but order was restored.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 145, 25 July 1914, Page 9
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