LABOUR TROUBLES.
Per Press Associatnn. Amstehdaat, M rch 10. The second Ohambrr of the Netherlands States-General has passed the railway measure by 81 votes to 6. The Chamber passe 1 a clause imposing a penalty of nine months imprisonment and a fine of £l2 on persons found guilty of attempts to interfere with individual liberty. Another clausa puoishes as a misdemeanour strikes by railway workers. The whole Bill was agreed to by 81 to 14.
The Chamber authorised the formation of a military brigade of wo'kers for the railway durirg the s'rikes, and also an inquiry into the position of the personnel of the railways. Home, April 11. The Compositors' Union at E me has urged all fxeep 1 ; themselves to resume work, adding that an agreement with their employers is being arranged. Amsterdam, April 11, The Dutch Upp r House is hastening the passage of the Anti-Strike Bill.
The strike leadirc, feaiing punishment, have recemmended a general cessation of the scribe.
The extreme e!ement is repudiated by the larders, but the s'rike is collapsing.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 90, 13 April 1903, Page 3
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