South African Strike.
POSITION IMPROVING
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright
Johannesburg, January 20,
It is estimated that apart from the cost of administering martial law, the Rand is losin g over £IOO,OOO a week as the result of the strike. Two large firms alone pub their losses last week at £2,700 and £3,500 respectively.
There is no material change in the position among the mines, the ma-, jority being in full swing, with the mills crushing and the diivers at their posts, but the employees in the mine-workshops have not yet signed on.
Pretoria, January 20
A proclamation has been issued demobilising certain forces in Pretoria, Pauresmith and Durban forthwith. Other forces on the Rand and in Natal will be dismissed on the 23rd inst.
Two hundred men have signed on at the Pretoria workshops louay. The engineers and boilermakers are still standing,put (irmly.
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Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1402, 22 January 1914, Page 5
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142South African Strike. Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1402, 22 January 1914, Page 5
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