10 JANUARY 1920, page 1

If Mr. Bromley Be Reported Correctly, He Used In A

recent speech the following words : "I am not one to preach a bloody revo- lution, but only for one reason—because unfortunately the people of this country are not ripe for......

We Hear Much About The Hard Lot Of The Country

porter and his 40s. a week. But the country porter is actually being offered 56s. a week so long as the cost of living remains as now. That surely is very good pay for a man......

Signor Nitti, The Italian Prime Minister, Has Been...

London during the week, and he, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Bonar Law, Lord Curzon, and Sir Gordon Hewart went to Paris on Thursday. We must really hope that at last the......

The New Proposals Include Increases In Wages In Detail, But

the Government have firmly stuck to their principle that they will not level the standards upwards. This is the root cause of the dissatisfaction among the railwaymen. The......

News Of The Week.

W HEN we go to press on Thursday the delegates of the National Union of Railwaymen are considering the latest proposals of the Government. Mr. J. H. Thomas has made the grave......

Apart From Immediate Rejection Or Acceptance, Which We Do...

expect, the possibilities are that the Conference of delegates will decide in favour of taking a general ballot or of requesting the Government to continue the negotiations. The......

To Go On To Details, The Chief Points In The

new offer are that all railwaymen will have an immediate increase of 5s. a week till September 30th; that afterwards they shall have at least double pre-war rates, and that......

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