Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 52, 4 March 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

THE CLYDE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE. United Press Association. (Received 8.35 a.m.) London, March 3. The shipyard representatives have accepted the award of the committee consisting of Sir George Askwith, Mr Hopwood, and Mr Gibb, of the four shillings increase and ten per cent, for piecework. The strike committee at the Clyde ordered the men to return on condition that there .was no overtime; also that if an impartial tribunal by Tuesday had not granted the workers an extra twopence, then they would stay in and a strike would commence in which the workers would do as little as possible.

RAMSAY MACDONALD'S PAMPH-

LET. (Received _ 8.55 a.m.) "London, March 3

Mr Ramsay MacDonald describes the pamphlet reference to which was cabled last Friday, as a distorted version of his article, which was written seven months ago against the balance of power policy.

WELSH GUARD ON DUTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, March 3. St. David's-Day saw a Welsh Guard on duty at Buckingham Palace for the first time.

THE SCOTS GREYS' COLONEL-IN-CHIEF.

(Received 8 a.m.)

London, March 3

The Czar, as Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Greys, conferred a number of war orders and decorations upon the officers and men.

THE EFFECTS OF DRINK ON THE CLYDE. (Received 8 a.m.) London, March 3. Mr Lloyd-George's reference to the effects of drink is unpopular with the men in Glasgow. —Ail o employer' stated that excessive drinking among the men in the shipbuilding industry curtailed the output twenty per cent. Others said it affected the output to even a larger extent.

THE LIMITATION OF OUTPUT.

(Received 8 a.m.)

London, March 3. I* is stated that many men working on the Clyde have been idle at least two hours daily in order to reduce the output to the level of the trades' union allowance.

MISCELLANEOUS.

London, March 3

The Times, in a leader, says: "In one of those speeches which make history, the Prime Minister asked the House of Commons to sanction notes of credit for an enormous sum. Loud cheers of the House which greeted the chief points of the Minister's statement are but the prelude to the applause which awaits it on English lips throughout the world. Its right key was the sober, tranquil confidence with which we faced all te great crises of our fate."