GENERAL STRIKE.

Wairarapa Age, 29 August 1932, Page 5

GENERAL STRIKE.

MANCHESTER INDUSTRY AT A STANDSTILL. BREAKDOWN OF NEGOTIATIONS. THE LAST HOPE. LONDON, August 26. As a result of the breakdown of the negotiations at Manchester, a general strike in the manufacturing section of the cotton industry begins on Monday, affecting 200,000 operatives. It is considered that only immediate and powerful Government intervention can save the position. A DEADLOCK. LITTLE HOPE OF IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT. (Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 28. , There is little hope of an immediate settlement of the cotton strike, although the cost will be a million and a half sterling weekly. Mr. Hamer, chairman of the employers, declares that if the strike continues, more mills will close and hundreds of operatives will never get work again. Both sides admit that the strike will do incalculable harm, yet neither will shift ground. NOT A COMPLETE STOPPAGE. RUGBY, August 28. Negotiations for a settlement of the Lancashire cotton trouble were abortive. Operatives have been instructed to act upon the strike notices. The trouble is not expected to cause a complete stoppage in Stalybridge, Hyde, Redcliffe, Manchester, Todmorton, Rochdale and Oldham as temporary working agreements are in operation in those centres. The Minister of Labour says intervention at this stage is not likely to serve a useful purpose.— (British Official Wireless.)