STRIKE IN BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 320, 9 July 1912, Page 5

STRIKE IN BRITAIN.

• KING'S ENGAGEMENT CANCELLED. Bj Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 7. •It is officially announced to-night that tte King, acting on the advice of Ministers, has cancelled his engagement to cut the first sod of the Albert Dock extension on July 17. FEEDING THE SUFFERERS. London, July 7. The Dock Strike Committee continued to issue 100,000 food tickets at the Ben Tillett asserts that the transport workers have arranged for a loan of £IO,OOO from other trades unions. EFFECT OF THE STRIKES. London, July 7. Imports to the United Kingdom for June decreased €434,303, exports decreased £1,130.810, and re-exports decreased £3.014.830. compared with the previous June. A THREAT OF VIOLENCE. London, July 7. Ben Tillett, at a Hyde Park d'emon■tration to-day. said that if they were unable to win peacefully, and if the capitalists and the Government said that the workers were not to have the right to live, then, in the interests of the women and children, the workers must resort to the only alternative—violence. STRIKE PAY. HEAVY DISBURSEMENTS. Received 9, 12.40 a.m. London. July 8. The war chests of the various unions have disbursed £111.500. In addition the strikers have received £22,500 strike benefit from the General Federation of Trade Unions. Thirteen thousand pounds has been borrowed and distributed in relief, and £SOOO has been received in charitable contributions. The loss of wages is nearly £1.000.000, averaging £25,000 daily. * The Bishops have appealed for funds for the starving children and women.

COAL FOR THE CONTINENT. London, July 8. Italian orders provisionally placed with American coalowncrs during the Welsh strike have now been made permanent by the Navigatione Generate Italian, which is ordering 300,000 tons per annum. A ROYAL VISIT. Received 9, 12.40 a.m. London, July 8. The King paid a ceremonial visit to the leading employers. The Times recalls Tillett's threat, and adds that the itrike leaders have been hoping that a settlement would be arranged to avoid scenes during his visit. THE CREWE AND HANLEY ELECTIONS. Received 9, 12.40 a.m. London. July 8. Mr. Anderson, chairman of the Independent Labor Party, in a speech at Wigston, referring to the Crewe and Hanley elections, protested that a small •ection of the Liberals was seeking to impose all burdens on the unearned increment of land, and remove the burdens of unearned income from capital.