GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 145084, 8 September 1916, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

AMERICAN LABOUR PROBLEMS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. A series of labour troubles bas follower! the granting to railwayman of the eight hours’ day. Union employees on the .subways anil surface and elevated street cars bare struck, also several thousand grocery clerks, demanding shorter hours. A BANKRUPT JOURNALIST. IA) N DON. Sept. L Ashmead Bartlett's creditors have accepted a proposal for payments in instalments of os in the £’. ITis iiabilitics were £4-170. A SUBSTITUTE FOR TALI-OW. LONDON. Sent. 7. Owing to the prohibition of the exjK>rt oi glycerine, soapmakers find it • profitable to use substitutes for tallow.