BRITISH SHIPBUILDING
$ TERMS ACCEPTED. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 10. The workers in the shipbuilding and Engineering trades have accepted the employers' offer lo reduce the munitions bonuses by three equal cuts, in November, December and January. WITHDRAWAL OF BONUSESBALLOT TO BE TAKEN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. October 10. The men and masters vin the shipbuilding trade held a conference at Edinburgh. The representatives of the men agreed to submit to a ballot the following offer regarding the withdrawal of the war bonuses: "Nineteen per cent in the first reduction, one-third of which is to operate on November 1, another third on December 1, and tiie rest, in the Xew Year. AN UNFAVOURABLE OUTLOOK. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 10. Lloyd's Register states that the shipbuilding returns show that tonnage commenced in the. United Kingdom in the third quarter of 1921 only amounted to 51,353, a decrease of 'i55,000 tons compared with Hie last quarter of 1020. This is regarded as an indication of a very unfavourable outlook for the immediate future.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14774, 13 October 1921, Page 2
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