A Novel Strike

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1911, Page 4

A Novel Strike

' — Paris is suffering from a strike of the "mourredus," which is a guild known only in tlie French capital. It is the style and title assumed by tlie grubbers after worms as bait for anglers,' who ply their trade chiefly in the mud l by the docks of La Seyne. Unfortunately for them, a marine dredger has lately been at work on their grounds, and its mechanical, shovels and scoops make all competition impossible .for mere manual toilers. The men in charge of iJlie dredger Have as many worms as can be wished for emptied out'before them, and. being quick to perceive .. their advantage. Wave started a competition, which the "mourredus" consider most disloyal and unfair. They began by complaining to the Maritime Perfect, who declines to interfere, and they then resolved to strike. Up to the present this has not had much effect, as the worm supply is kept up by the dredger. They threaten;' however, to remain. on strike when the monster has finish-fed-and gone elsewhere, and this might be rather perplexing to the angling fraternity.