African Affairs.
CAPE STRIKE FIZZLING., J* reoter’s telegrams. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Jan. 31 The past twenty-four hours have been the quietest since the strike began. The men are returning to the coalfields, and there will be difficulty in taking back even the reduced complement, owing to the small demand for coal. Strikers in the gold mines are depressed and appear to have accepted the Chamber of Mines statement, since the economic aspect is scarcely discussed. The leaders are concentrating on the political issue, clamouring for nationalisation of the mines and submission of the whole dispute to Parlia- > ment. The men now admit that even a victory for them would mean the closjng down of many mines, and a great retrenchment of white workers. They say this accounts for the proposed Labor-Nationalist conference, with the hope of evading the issue and sending I it to Parliament. Many strikers are eager to return to work and hope the excuse for doing so will soon be forthcoming. 1
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1922, Page 2
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169African Affairs. Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1922, Page 2
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