COTTON TRADE DISPUTE.
MILLS PROBABLY RESUME SHORTLY. Rsccived Septemoer 21, 10.41 p.m. LONDON, September 21. There are indications that the stoppage of the mills in Lancashire will not be protracterl. .A cablegram yesterday morning Sjtated that the operatives spinners at Manchester had accepted the masters' terms, including the proposed reduction of wages by 5 per cent. The refusal of the cardroom workers to accept the reduction paralysed the other departments. Consequently the mills closed on Saturday, rendering idle 150,000 men.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2998, 22 September 1908, Page 5
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80COTTON TRADE DISPUTE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2998, 22 September 1908, Page 5
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