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IHE MJMTnCffll SIEttE JIAXt WURKEKS RENDERED IDLE. Received July 26, 11 p.m. 1 London, July 25. It i» estimated that 30 per cent, of the munition wot Iter* in the Birmingham district bare beta rendered idle. Many unskilled and semi-skilled workers have been thrown out of work owing to the strike Some oC the biggest munition •ttaiiUjlimen'.s, however, have maintained their night shifts, despite defections, M a considerable body of workers ttron|jly,oppose the strike. The black country workmen are coming oat. the position thus becoming more serioUf. )tr. Chuiehill and Mr. Barnes are priraiely conferring with the trades unions advilofy committee ll.is afternoon Pre** Amos. The Binnin?uant strikers include electrical Workers consequently many places are unable to work owing to lack of current. It U estimated that 159,000 workers are affected in the Birmingham area. The factories at Coventry continue, open, although disorganised by the witltWawal of lCOfll men. A mass meeting at Barrow decided to abide by the I decision of the National Conference. At .Nottingham the engineers advised the J men to remain at work. In the London district the engineers' executive is not sati'tttd of the necessity for the embargo, and is calling a mass meeting to consider the position.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. -The Coventry and Birmingham strikers arc' estimated at 81,000. Those at Birmjjmham include 15,000 engineers and vfQO women. It is understood that the Government has decided that men declining to work mnst join the army. The Woolwich engineers sent a messafe to the Coventry strikers stating they would earn the blessing of the jtuter and his army of murderers.— TOMs Service. Received July V. 1.25 a.m. London, July 25. Th* Press Bureau states: The trade union advisory committee, after hearing Mr. Churchill's statement, has declared •that tho notice issued by the Coventry firm is unofficial, unauthorised, inaccurate, and misleading. The committee ttaa decided tc ark Mr Churchill to internet the firm to cancel this perversion of the Government's policy. The committee resolved that after the men resume work to request the Government appoint a committee of inquiry, representing the* Government, employers, and the workers. The committee also •trongly urges the men to resume immediately, inasmuch as the Government haa agreed to the committee's proposal. Received July 27, 130 ajn. London, July 26. The mginwrs' conference at Leeds, representing 300.000 men, decided to atrike on Tuesday unices the embargo was removes!.—Press Agios.
ARMS IN IRELAND. 1 " London, July 25. lit the Bottle of Common*, Mr. Shortt, CWef Secretary for Ireland, stated that the regulation regarding arms will be enforced in Ulster as elsewhere in IreLent unlets all arms are surrendered.— Pr*M Aetoe. roiOBB EOTJTOIffIC'AND FfiSCAL roiirdr. 1 jleceivA July 2Q..7-30 p.m. . Xondon, July/ 25- , fb» Times, in a leader, says the deebic* as to intro-Bajperial preference shows Oat the Government at' last thane the Dominions' recognition that the war marks «. new epoch in the eeofiotfc and fiscal polity, and that it is. wt merely an rmjueasent dream after wfckh all will revert to old theories.— Iboen Service. ■Ufa i A LJBEL CASE VERDICT. Received July 26, 11 p-m. London, July 2S. A Verdfct was (ton to Sir Charles EeMone, defendant in the Mbel action towufct against him by Mr. Godfrey fungi, mumfjaig director of the Mar««»i Wlrelsas Company.—Trees Aeeoc. HATERS AWnOBSQ DOMOOONS. London, July 25. The Weaker, presided aver » huge •Uesdance of members of Parliament at the tot of « aeries of meetings of the tmgSn ParSamenUry Association held U eaahfe'Dmiaka statesmen to state tWT *!•*» «A Batters affecting the totanlfcj «J fet ©smmhsa-Ans. M& flsftW»fe% '
V.C. AWARDS. GENERAL'S WONDERFUL EXAMPLE Received July 26, 7.25 p.m. London, July 25. The award of three new Victoria Crosses include Brigadier-General St. George Grogan, Worcester Regiment, who, throughout three days of intense fighting, commanded the infantry remnants of a division. His magnificent leadership stayed the thrust of the enemy masses. He spent the whole of the third day under fire, riding around the front lines, encouraging, reorganising, and leading back the retiring troops. His horse was shot, but the general continued his'work afoot, and his wonderful example inspired not»only his own, but the adjacent Allied troops.—Press Association. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. London, July 25. The Daily Chronicle that the Government's Imperial preference scheme includes the abrogation of the most favored nation clause.—Reuter.
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