GENERAL STRIKE.
CABLE NEWS
(UniUd Preu Auociation — By JBUotrie Telegraph — Copyright.)
TROOPS ORDERED TO GUARD INDUSTRIES. SUFFRAGE QUESTION. (Received April 14, 9 a.m.) BRUSSELS. April 13. A general strike lias begun at the motor car factories and ironworks at Antwerp. Troops have been ordered to guard the collierie s ajid factories and operate gas and electric plants. There is already compulsory universal suffrage, but the workers seek the removal of the plural system under which the propertied and educated enjoy three and two votes respectively. RELIEF FUNDS. (Received April 14, 11 a.m.) BRUSSELS. April 13. The newspapers have opened funds for the relief of the strike distress. An exodus has .begun owing to the strike.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 15 April 1913, Page 5
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115GENERAL STRIKE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 15 April 1913, Page 5
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