COTTON STRIKE
CABLE NEWS
(United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.)
A SERIOUS POSITION PRIVATIONS OF THE OPERATIVES. (Received Last Night, 9.35 o'clock.) LONDON, January fS. Many meetings- have been held to test the feelings of the cotton operatives towards truce. Snow storms in the North of England are increasing the sufferings. General regret is expressed that the men had not struck in the summer, when coal and gas was unnecessary. . Mi.-iny of the operatives are economising by staying in bed in the mornings .and making the midday meal breakfast and dinner. Only forty per cent, are receiving strike pay at some of the mills at Rochdale. There are many cases of extreme privations at Rreakburn, where the educational authorities are providing children with free meals. Judgment sn.mmon.ses against debtors have been adjourned for two mo-.rclis.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10532, 19 January 1912, Page 5
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136COTTON STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10532, 19 January 1912, Page 5
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