5 JULY 1924, Page 10

On Wednesday the Minister of Labour appointed a Court of

Inquiry to investigate the causes and circum- stances of the building trade dispute. The employers accordingly agreed to postpone their lock-out notices for a week. But the men's leaders have determined upon a stoppage of work on Saturday unless there is an immediate advance of wages. Thus once again the men seem to have put themselves hopelessly in the wrong.

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