SHIPBUILDING STRIKE,

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13749, 11 September 1908, Page 5

SHIPBUILDING STRIKE,

HOPES OF SETTLEMENT.- ! By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. ; (Received Sept. 11, 8.20 a.m.) ' LONDON, Sept. 10. A conference was held in London be- : . tween representatives of the-'employ-ers, and engineering employees in the . shipbuilding trade of the north-east , coast . of England in ref oreaco -to the • long-standing dispute. ' , / An agreement was adopted, subject to a ballot of the men regarding its acceptance. The delegates are hopeful that the men will acquiesce in the set- ' tlement. [Tho shipbuilding strike in the north- j east of England has continued for- ] some^-inoßths. It has been, the cause i of aeut»e distress among the strikers ] and their families.] ' .