News Of The Week.
T HE immediate centre of interest is not this week, as it has been for so long, the general European situation. The Franco-German 'war of wills is incon- testably entering on a......
The Dispute In The Building Trade Has, On The Other
hand, reached a crisis. The employers last Saturday posted notices which will come into effect this Saturday, and will thus, if nothing occurs in the meantime, bring about a......
Meanwhile Some-very Interesting Light Has Been Thrown On...
Building Rings," of whose existence we have heard so much and of whose doings so little. In last Saturday's Manchester Guardian there appeared a letter signed " Contractor "......
At Present It Has Been Decided Not To Negotiate, But
simply to allow a national railway strike to occur if and when the companies enforce their demands. But on Monday Mr. J. H. Thomas made a speech in which he urged the men to......
At Home, Unfortunately, Events Which Claim Our Atten-...
crowding down from the industrial world. Although nothing very serious has yet occurred, there Is a general sense of foreboding. and pessimism on both ;ides that is very......
The Position In That Perhaps Most Vital Of All Industries
—the railways—is as follows. The employers want to cut down the wages of certain " shopmen " by 8s. 6d. aweek, and ask the Unions to agree to consider a reduction of another 8s.......
The Men Will Submit To Arbitration On The Question Of
the legality of the masters' action, but will not allow the other matters to be submitted. The masters will admit arbitration only if the whole dispute is put before the......
