IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1789, 7 November 1919, Page 7

IN GREAT BRITAIN.

PREVENTION OF STRIKES.

By Calle. — Press Association. — Copyright. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Nov. 4. Sir R. S. Home's Bill to prevent strikes and lock-outs, which has been introduced in the House of Commons, establishes an Industrial Court, consisting of members representing the employers and workers, and also independent members chosen by the Minister of Labour. The independent members will elect the chairman. The Minister of Labour may refer any dispute to the Court if both parties consent. If the Court is unable to agree, the matter will be decided by the chairman, acting with full powers as umpire. The Court will have power to compel evidence and to impose penalties for perjury. THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.

(neuter) LONDON, Nov. 4. In the House of Commons Mr Chen-chill definitely announced that the Territorial force would be maintained. INDUSTRIAL SEX WAR. (United) LONDON, Nov. 4. The "Daily Mail" says the industrial sex war, which has long been threatened, is taking definite form. Nearly 15,000 ex-officers and many thousand ex-privates are unemployed, whilst women refuse to leave their jobs. The Male Clerks' Union is emphatic that women should not be allowed to work, but get married. The women's reply is "many of ns lost our fiances and husbands. Anyhow there arc more girls now than men." The Women Clerks' Association proposes as a solution the equalising of wages, declaring that most of the trouble is due to paying women less wages than men. Meanwhile thousands of women are being discharged. Hotels are dismissing every waitress. The inflated Government departments are more merciful, still employing 155,000 women, as compared with 45,000 before the War.