LATEST STRIKE NEWS.
The new® contained in this morning's cables concerning the railway strike is not by any means re-assuring. It would iseem that already nearly a quarter of a. million men are on strike, and that the number is likely to increase to-day. The effect upon trade will be most depressing, and, unless a settlement is .speedily arrived at, hunger will drive men and women to desperation. The Government, with the assistance, of the military, as making a determined effort to keep the sources of the food supply
open; but, without tho aid of over- j seas shipping, this will be impossible. J The hop© Wxil be fervently expressed | in all parts of the Empire that a .speedy agreement may be effected, so that Britain,' may Ibe spared a tragedy unparalleled in the history oi the naition. (Since the above was> in type, th;> j pleasing intelligence has arrived tha;. ] , ithe strike lias been settled.) !
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1039, 21 August 1911, Page 4
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156LATEST STRIKE NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1039, 21 August 1911, Page 4
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