23 JUNE 1928, Page 3

We are glad to say that the strike of cooks

which has held up the shipping in Australian ports has almost died out. They have not had the full sympathy of other trade unions and voluntary substitutes have. been forth- .coming; At .home, on the other hand, there are strikes or threats of strikes in the textile and dyeing trades in Manchester, Bradford and Nelson. As usual, however, we can hope that the admirable and well-tested organiza- tions for negotiation in those trades will succeed in bring- ing the disputes to an end. The last report of the universal losses in coal-mining is extremely depressing.

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