FRENCH POSTAL STRIKE.
BUSINESS AT * STANDSTILL. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Paris, March 19. Eight thousand postmen have joined the Paris strikers. There are five million letters and 275,000 telegrams undelivered. If the strike continues, a famine in eggs, butter and milk is threatened, owing to the non-arrival of remittances of money. Business is already in utter confusion. Marconi is negotiating for a wireless service between London and Paris. He will be able to deal with 10,000 words daily.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9399, 20 March 1909, Page 5
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79FRENCH POSTAL STRIKE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9399, 20 March 1909, Page 5
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