LONDON POSTMEN DISSATISFIED.
| CHRISTMAS STRIKE FEARED. | London, Wednesday, j The spreading ot the demand by the | postmen for an all-round 15 per cent. | increase instead of the Government's offer has caused anxiety as to what I may happen at Christmas. | There ace ominous signs of dissat- | isiaction in London, j It is reported two typewriting machines at a central telegraph officer were dropped from the top-most landing to the ground floor and smashed. \lso that important telegraph appa■atus was tampered with. The time looks recording operators' temporary i ibience, also many desk keys have disappeared. The malcontents advocate that the proposed strike should assume the form of working according to rules Ifc is believed these are so mutually contradictory that the whole service would be speedily reduced to chaos.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 625, 6 December 1913, Page 6
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129LONDON POSTMEN DISSATISFIED. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 625, 6 December 1913, Page 6
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