Show bank of england strikes i K boys dismissed as result remit time machine blamed for tho the trouble London Strike at the bank of england picketing the old lady of Thread needle street and similar headlines in the evening pipers papers gave the city a mild sensation one ona hundred and fifty boys from the printing department of the bank were dismissed in the morning and many of them spent several hours in marching round and round the great square building somewhat disconsolately with dinner bas baskets kete or parcels under their arms the cause ot of the trouble the boys alleged was the unsatisfactory work ing of a new time checking machine installed recently to register registe i r the in comings and outgoings ot of the boys it takes such a long time said one boy to take our checks out cut when we go to dinner and put them in on returning that a good part ot of the time Is wasted three byo had s rome ome of 0 their pay stopped for being late that was waa not fair SO BO we struck and asked for more boora time for foi dinner and they dismissed us ua all with part of our wages we get from 70 cd ad to Us ad a week all the dante bank of england n notes te are 0 printed in Thread needle street at r 6 t a as well as I 1 adlan dlan notes postal orders ordera and old age pension orders the boys boya were very much impressed with their importance as creators of thy the nations wealth the machines cannot run without us is bald one of the money makers and the bank has bait been losing about 2000 a minute since we came out and they stopped printing notes they have lava been trying arving to get some more boys boya but they got any ae yet this view of the financial situation was not taken by an official who stated that the bank would not cease payment immediately nor did tho the directors decide to chango change the bank rate |