STRIKE IN SUVA
INDIAN TROUBLE EXTENDING. (United Press Association. Received February 24, 5.5 p.m. SUVA, March 24. The Indian strike lias extended to Lautoka and Nadi. No demand ha; | teen made I" the employers, hut, the I slrikers, at a meeting, resolved to ask for 12s l" 1 "' a day of six* hours, with live days' work weekly, and half-ptu in case of sickness. They rlemanrl, m I addition, a lwo-room''d cottage, table, lw,i chairs, bed, mattress, balliroom, lavatory, free medical attendance, own homes, five acres land, one horse, onebull, and four eras free; also several political points. The demands are considered ridiculous, and the result iTT outside infltienee. There have I nno riots, and evcr> Ihing is quiet. I Ither centres are unaffected,
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14600, 25 February 1921, Page 5
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