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i COTTON TRADE. United Press Association.—By Eleetrii Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, November 27. It is feared that a crisis may be precipitated in the British cotton industry. This follows' on a decision made by the Federation of Master Cotton Spiqners to terminate the present , wages agreement on December o± st.
The employers are asking the workers’ organisations concerned to confer with them with a. view to the substitution, by agreement if possible, of an increase in the men’s 'working hours and also' a corresponding alteration in the wages rates. DRASTIC? SALARY CUTS. FOR BRITISH SHITS’ OFFICERS. LONDON, November 27. Tlie officers of the Federation of the Merchant Navy,, representing twelve thousand certificated officers, are petitioning Parliament, seeking an inquiry into tlieir conditions service., They assert that the organisations with which the ship owners are idscussing a proposed drastic reduction of wages represent only a minority of the navigators; and the officers. OVERSEAS SHIPPING. LONDON, November 29'. Arrived: Dakar, from Port Almor. Failed Aovaiigi fsom Honolulu; Opa a’ from Liverpool; Ventura, from San Francisco. : .
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1931, Page 6
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173GENERAL CABLES Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1931, Page 6
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