TEACHERS ON STRIKE.
DISORDER AT THE SCHOOLS. By Ta«sra,p!ii--Presii ■Ap3ocia.tion- i Oot>rrii?lit London, February 2. Fifty of the Herefordshire- schools are closed, and it is. believed-that'thir-ty moro -will be- obliged to follow suit, . Schoolgirls at Ledbury took' posses', s'ion of flip gGhoolreoh'Vs after .tliojliort■ing lessons, overturned the desks, spilt the ink,.and wrote- notices pu the. blackboards upholding the-teachers 911 strike. Later the larger girls-held-a 'meeting in tho playground, and resolved- to strike. They hustled 'tlio new 'mistress from the school and guarded tlio doors. entered through' tho windows' and frco fights resulted. The .strikors, however, held possession for the reniaiflder of the afternoon,
A.: message, published yesterday stated elementary schools in Herefordshire -are closing; on Monday. The teachers resigned; owing to the anithori* ties refusing a scale of salaries equal to ■tliatin other Counties,. The National Union of Teachers will guarantee- the strikers' salaries for five yearsi -also .tp sustain for three months' uneertifteated teachers not belonging- to tho union.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 7
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160TEACHERS ON STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 7
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