African Affairs.
iUSTRMUAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION
COST OF THE STRIKE. CAPETOWN, Jan 31. fIt is estimated the daily mining loss amounts to £35,000 sterling and an additional loss to th© community of £B3O 000 monthly.
GAINING. CAPETOWN, February 1. A sudden development in the strike positon occurred at Germiston where the Strike Committee demanded a change in the personnel of the workers’ leaders owing to the recent inaction, and asked for the appointment of" four moderates by the Court of Arbitration.
Premier Smuts agreed to receive a deputation from the Germiston Committee to discuss the request. Germiston is described as the headquarters of the moderate old-fashioned trade unionism. The great mass of feeling there favours a return to work on the best terms procurable The development caused a sensation in Labour circles. The executive of the federation sent delegates to Germiston to discuss the position. The traimvaymen have agreed to run trams to-morrow and submit the dispute over what wages should be paid while idle for legal discussion.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1922, Page 2
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169African Affairs. Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1922, Page 2
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