"The Country will either break the strike, or the strike will break the Country."—The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin). From the dark gloom arises a gleam of hope in the announcement that conversations again have been resumed in Britain to terminate the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 827 wordsLondon is practically lost without its great newspapers, which have suspended publication, and crowds station themselves outside wireless shops, ...
Article : 534 wordsThe general position is improving. There are infinitely more trains, and many buses have reappeared, setting off the taxi strike, though plenty of ...
Article : 130 wordsA few sporadic cases of riots so far have occurred, but have been speedily handled by the administration of batons, which the police ...
Article : 744 wordsThe railway companies have greatly improved the position owing to the wonderful response of volunteers, and a more or loss regular service is ...
Article : 314 wordsThe feature of the debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday was the earnest desire of leaders of all parties to seek a solution of the ...
Article : 484 wordsS. Saklatvala, the Parsee Communist member of the House of Commons, has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for delivering ...
Article : 35 wordsThe British Government is capably handling the food situation, and the distribution scheme in Hyde Park is in full operation. Large quantities ...
Article : 231 wordsThe police, learning of the publication of a strike newspaper by the London "Dally Herald," raided the offices, and seized all the newspapers. ...
Article : 178 wordsSir William Joynson-Hicks stated that the services were regarded as a vital necessity under the regulation, which empowered the ...
Article : 480 wordsIn anticipation of the appearance of "The British Worker," hundreds of working class men gathered, and completely blocked the streets round the "Daily ...
Article : 252 wordsThe Prime Minister, in the "British Gazette," appeals to all good citizens to bear with fortitude and patience the hardships with which they are ...
Article : 702 wordsDestroyers have arrived at Newcastle and Middlesbrough. The battleship Hood and the cruisers Warspite and Comus have arrived in the Clyde. The ...
Article : 36 wordsIf a "revolution" is in progress in Britain, it has been earned out hitherto with traditional British phlegm, the most striking outward evidences of this ...
Article : 347 wordsInformal negotiations to end the general strike in Britain were resumed yesterday. Following conciliatory speeches in the House ...
Article : 319 wordsThe attitude of the Trades Union Congress was summed up last night as follows: "Our last word to the Government is that the door ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Northern Ireland Parliament has passed a Government Bill empowering the Governor, if the emergency arise, to proclaim State of Emergency to regulate ...
Article : 43 wordsThe wool sales have been postponed indefinitely. The West Riding of Yorkshire textile industries so far are normal, and, have sufficient coal stocks to work ...
Article : 64 wordsThe first prosecution under the Emergency Powers was held at Manchester. William Stoker (company director) was sentenced to two months' imprisonment ...
Article : 99 wordsIn the House of Lords to-day Lord Salisbury moved the approval of the strike regulations. The Archbishop of Canterbury said ...
Article : 194 wordsThe trouble is extending to several power stations. Electrical trade unionists at London power stations struck yesterday. At present, however, there is no ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. Arthur Henderson (Labour) said that the Home Secretary was aware that the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) on Saturday evening received a ...
Article : 265 wordsOwing to the demand for air passages to London, the fare has been doubled. Hotels in Boulogue are thronged with people wishing to return to England, who ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 7 May 1926, Page 7
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