STRIKE TROUBLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1919, Page 2

STRIKE TROUBLES.

fAUSTRALIAN- & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] GLASGOW TRAM WORKERS. LONDON, January 25. The Glasgow tramway workers have decided to join in the Scottish general strike for a forty-hour week on Moud-iv. Tho shipbuilding and other worke's in the Firth of Forth, with the exception of the engineers, have reached a similar decision. OBJECT OF CLYDE STRIKERS.

LONDON, January 25

The coalminers ar© returning to work. All pits are expected to be working full time on Monday.

The engineers in London are holdi lg a mass meeting at the v.e'h-cnd. Most of them are still out. Ail however, are expected to resume work on Monday. The position on the Ulyde is uneha iged. The trade union officers and mou fully support the decision to strike on Monday. The strike is proposed m order to enforce the concession of' a forty-hour week, and as a means of absorbing the thousands of men wiio aro being demobilised from the army STRIKE TROUBLES. PARIS, January 25. All the underground railway,s motel buses and tramway workers suddenly •truck to-day. They iare demanding better wages, holiays and pensions. Only a few trains and buses aro ingThe stoppage is keenly felt, .as the city is crowded with Peace Conference delegates and their staffs. Taxi cabs are reaping a rich harvest. BERLIN ELECTRICIANS STRIKE. AMSTERDAM, January 24. The electricians have struck in Berlin. The striko has stopped the telephone and postal services. The inability to sterilize milk for children and invalids has caused chaos in the hospitals. There is a big coal strike, which has also plunged the city into darkness.