Manchester, Aug. 22.
Tt is learned from authorita sources that the case of the employers, before the Arbitration Court which is inquiring into the Jwages dispute in the cotton industry, was completed this morning. sentatives of the apers iso put their submission: before the Court, The employers will now be given an opportunity to cross-examine upon the evidence produces the operatives yesterday.
It is hoped that the business of ration will be The Court of Arbitration, this evening, announced thet it upheld the claim of the employers to reduce wages by 12} per cent., which reduction would take effect from the week, ending September 14,
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