LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16800, 2 April 1919, Page 7

LABOUR.

\ ~\ — JOHANNESBURG STRIKE. WATER AND DRAINAGE MAINTAINED. i~ I Australian and N.Z. Cable Asan. | Received 9.5, p.m., April Ist.. JOHANNESBURG, March 31, ! The Municipal Employees' Association i declared an immediate etriko, but a ; guarantee was given that the water j anl sanitary services will be maintained. NOTTS MINERS RESUME. LONDON, March 31. Tlie Nottingham- miners' strike ended on a basis of substantial increases in pay. MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT, ESPECIALLY OP WOMEN. Received 11.5 p.m., April Ist. LONDON, March 25. Half a million women are in receipt of unemployment allowances, but a further million women axe idle ©wing to demo-bilisation. A labour crisis exists in the textile and other industries. GENERAL STRIKE IN BARCELONA Martial law has been proclaimed at Barcelona owing to a' generaV strike. All activities are at a standstill, including lighting, newspapers and banks. THREAT. OP STRIKE IN RHINELAND. Received 0.30 a.m., April 2nd. j COPENHAGEN, March 31. 'A conferenc eof labourers in the Ruhr district decided " on a general strike throughout Rhineland and Westphalia, unless a six hour day and 45 per cent, increase in wages are granted. '• "NO RUBBING" Laundry Help and the pure "GOLDEN RULE" Soap—a . delightful combination for washing all clothes spotlessly white without the backaching, washboard slavery. M.P. SloreSi ~,