THE RAILWAYMEN.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1920, Page 5

THE RAILWAYMEN.

READY FOR GENERAL STRIKE, LONDON "TUBES" INVOLVED. Received March 28, 5.5 pm. London, March 25. Lancashire secretaries of the National Union of Railwaymen announce that they' have received telegrams to hold themselves in readiness to call a general strike at a moment's notice. A deputation of the National Union of Railwaymen has gone to Manchester to interview the employers in connection with the Lancashire and Yorkshire strike. The London underground railway rituation is more hopeful—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The underground railwaymen threaten to suspend Easter holiday traffic unless the Railway Fares Bill immediately passes the House of Commons authorising an increase in the fares, which will enable them to receive an increase in wages on the sliding scale which the | rest of the railwaymen are receiving. | Mr. Thomas, in the House of Commons, voiced the underground railwaymen's decision and Mr. Bonar Law indicated that, if Fip"ib»rs of the House of Commons were willing to curtail the discussion on the Consolidated Bill, time could be found for the measure'.

ONE TROUBLE OVER. PROVINCIAL DISPUTE SETTLED. Received March 29, 12.5 a.m. London, March 23. The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway dispute hac been settled. The managers decided to withdraw the suspension order of a driver who refused extra duty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TROOPS AND A BLOCKADE. LABOR PAPER'S REPORT DENIED. Received March 28, 5.5 p.m. London, March 25. The Daily Herald' asserts it l;arns from unimpeachable authority that the Government has completed plans for a blockade of the mining areas with cordons of selected troops, thus preventing the passage of persons and commodities in the event of a strike. Mr Lloyd George has assured the miners that the Daily HeraU report regarding military preparations is a mischievous invention.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.