BRITISH RAILWAYMEN.
SHORTER HOUiIS DEMANDED
TALK OF A STRIKE
(Main Service.) Received August 15, 6.25 p.m.
LONDON, August 14
The locomotive enginemen and firemen demand- an eight hour day instead of twelve hours, or overtime. The decision was taken without consulting the Railwaymen's Union. The Board of Trade rejected the claim. There is' much strike talk in northern rail centres.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17063, 16 August 1917, Page 5
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