MOTHER COUNTRY.
THE RAILWAY TROUBLE. THE DISPUTE SETTLED. COTTON WORKERS- OST STRIKE. Received IDee. 8, 5Jj p.m. London, Dee. 7. The railway trouble lias been settled. The Board of Trade conceded the railwayraen's demand for an eight-hour day, which is applicable to all railway wageearners in Britain and Ireland, numbering half a million, and operates on February 1. Existing conditions of the service have not been altered, pending the decision of a committee, which is to Ibe set up as, soon as possible, to review the wage a and other conditions of service of railway men in Great Britain. "Hie efforts to prevent a cotton strike in Lancashire failed, and 100,000 are out to-day on a question of wages.—Aus.N Z. Cable Assoc. and Reutes. ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE. ROLL TO BE CEOSm ' > - Received Dec. S, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 7. The Star announces that the roll of the British Empire Order will be closed after the final list of honoTs is an-nounced.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. hremjier intervenes rsr railway TROUBLE. Received Dec. 8, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 6. The Premier intervened in the railway trouble.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1918, Page 5
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191MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1918, Page 5
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