BRITISH SHIPYARDS
A NATIONAL LOCK OUT. LONDON, March 26. Tho shipbuilding employers have decided on a national lock-out in the shipyards rs a result of the refusal of the Southampton strikers to resume work. (It was cabled on the 18th inst. that the Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation threatened a national lockout nnlcss a speedy settlement was reached of the unofficial strike of engineers at Southampton, who are demanding an increase of 17/6 weekly to bring them into line with London.)
INDUSTRY IN GRAVE DANGER LONDON, March 26. The Cannell-Laird Company of shipbuilders has not declared an ordinary dividend for the first time in their history. Mr Hitchens, presiding at the meeting of shareholders, said that if trade was to recover Labour must recognise that in hours of work and wages they had to face foreign competition. Labour’s policy would kill foreign trade. The depression in shipbuilding would be removed if the price of new tonnage could be kept down. This depended upon the attitude of Labour.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18975, 28 March 1924, Page 9
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165BRITISH SHIPYARDS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18975, 28 March 1924, Page 9
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