RAILWAY STRIKE.
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THE STRIKE SITUATION. LONDON, Jan. 23.
Excepting for a slight improvement due to the organisation of the men available, the strike situation is not ameliorated. Essential food and mail traffic is maintained, hut the passenger services throughout the country are dislocated. The companies arc endeavouring to cope with the situation in South Wales where the coal export trade is practically • at a standstill.
The managers agreed to meet the loromtive drivers to-day. EFFECTS OF STRIKE. LONDON. January 23.
The railway managers’ meeting adjourned without arriving at a decision in regard to the locomtive men’s request for a conference. The strike has led to a serious shortage of coal. The Liverpool and Hull docks are practically at a standstill while some large coal pits at Doncaster are partially iciled. It is feared that thousands of mines in South Yorkshire will he idle at the end of the week.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1924, Page 2
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152RAILWAY STRIKE. Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1924, Page 2
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