INDUSTRIAL UNREST
AMERICAN RAILWAYS. WAGES INCREASED. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The railroad administration is granting wage increases totalling £7,000,000 annually. RAILWAY STRIKE. ' MELBOURNE, Wednesday. The strike on the trans-continental railway continues, and the line remains closed. SHIPPING DISPUTE. I m , . SYDNEY, Wednesday. \ The shipowners consider that the seamen's demand is a breach of the I agreement reached recently. The shipowners are determined to man the «hips if the seamen come out. SERIOUS COAL STRIKE. INDUSTRIES CLOSING. NEW YORK, Tuesday. • *° tbe coal strike industries in Chicago are closing. frcight services have been curtailed. An embargo on railway freights is anticipated, and in such, an event 15,000,000 workmen will be without employment.
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Wairarapa Age, 20 November 1919, Page 3
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