| Show NOVEL STRIKES 8 of late have become so prevalent or so catching that they have in in some instances assumed an unwonted form for instance those of the waiter girls of or chicago the servant girls of dundee the agricultural laborers of england the beer drinkers of parts of germany and the wine drinkers in switzerland now we hear of another strike of an equally out of the way character andthil and this time inthe principality ci of wales builth builte or llan jlian fair is a small market town in the county of brecon bracon south wales on the wye near ear builth builte aie saline sulphurous and chalybeate springs with pump rooms etc hence it has also a reputation aa as a watering watering place and arld visitors on that account at builth builte then the visitors have been indulging in the luxury of a strike finding that the of the town were running 9 up the prices of some of the luxuries comforts and necessaries of life the visitors determined to oppose it in this intent several gentlemen with large families a number of maiden ladies indies and a few indignant bachelors put their heads together to remedy the evil rhey wp were rp not opposed to a fair profit for the shopkeepers shop keepers but were opposed ta thein their getting rich at the expense of the visitors tois an open air meeting was held light the groe a public recreation ground at which upwards of people assembled and on invitation several visitors stated their 1 grievances wey Mey arices arising from r exorbitant prices charged by fehon keepers and hotel keepers and it was finally unanimously resolved that unless the shopkeepers shop keepers lowered the price of butter about fifty per cent cant and brought ham down to the cardiff price tile the visitors would totally abstain stol stal ln from the use of either article A fi was appointed to wait upon oll oil he 4 and inform them of or tiie tile re resolutions of the meeting if the visitors were here they might sometimes find it convenient to a abstain iu from the use of butter not leca leea lecause u so of its price but be cause it was no better than it should be however striking would not improve the quality and it is difficult to say what else would |
