Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the labour situation in the Dockyards.

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Commanding battle Cruisers, Sir David Beatty, to Admiralty, reporting that HMS "Lion" would not be able to leave the Tyne on schedule because of bad work and absence of all riveters, submitting that strong action was necessary on the Tyne to deal with the labour situation [typescript copy].

Notes by [Sir Edward Troup, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] providing information about industrial unrest in various parts of the country including: London, Liverpool (where shortage of food is a problem), Manchester, Sheffield [Yorkshire], Derby, and Cardiff [Glamorgan, Wales]. Manuscript.

Notes [?by WSC] about the railway strike including the areas in which the majority of railway workers are on strike and where there is a threat of famine. The help of the population in the affected regions is appealed for and a promise is made that "there is nothing that the Government will not do that is in their power". Unsigned typescript annotated by WSC "Secret. Put by".

Section of a draft telegram to be ciphered and sent from [WSC] to King George V detailing the extent of the railway strike and the percentage of railway workers on strike in individual areas, and warning that the stoppage of goods trains in the strike areas threatens an estimated 20 million people with famine. Typescript.

Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to King George V saying that it is likely that the strike will be settled, suggesting that a message of the King's satisfaction should be made public, and asking for permission to congratulate the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police on behalf of the King. Unsigned typescript.

Copy of a telegram from WSC to King George V including a report from the Chief Constable of Liverpool which describes the deterioration of the dock strike and the rioting in Liverpool. WSC includes details of the troops which have been sent to Liverpool and to areas close to Manchester and London. Typescript. Copy at CHAR 12/12/24. Draft at CHAR 12/12/30-34.

Copy of a telegram from WSC to King George V covering various subjects including: the restoration of order at Llanelly [Camarthenshire, Wales] and in South Wales; arrangements for a meeting of railway workers in London; preparation for the withdrawal of the troops and the settlement of the dispute between master lightermen and their employees. Typescript.

Copy of a telegram from [WSC] to King George V covering various subjects including: the restoration of essential services on the railway network; the numbers of railway workers still on strike; the refusal of offers of service by the railway managers; the continuing movement of the troops and enrolment of Special Constables and [WSC's] hopes of resolving the London docks strike. Typescript.

Copy of a telegram from WSC to King George V informing him of the improvement of the situation in London where railway and dock workers are returning to work; and describing the serious riots in Liverpool to which the troops have been called. Typescript with manuscript alterations.

Printed copy of the terms of the agreement reached [in the London dock strike] between the Port of London Authority, wharfingers, granary keepers, ship owners and the National Transport Workers' Federation.

Telegram from Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to WSC concerning the movement of troops in a town [during industrial unrest]. Manuscript. Contains note by WSC on the dorse.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of the Army estimates introduced by [Richard] Haldane [Secretary of State for War]; WSC's approval of Haldane's army reforms; and a debate over the non-payment of trade union rates of wages in Government shops in the War Office. Includes manuscript corrections.

Admiralty memorandum comparing the general course of wages with the wages of merchant seamen for the years 1887-1912.

Letter from Thomas Richards (South Wales Mining Federation, Royal Chambers, Cardiff [Wales]) to WSC enclosing a cutting from the South Wales Daily News [see CHAR 12/2/41] and asking for assistance in discovering how it was announced that he had accepted the post [of Labour Advisor to the Home Office]. He expresses concern that the rumour might prejudice the workmen against him in the forthcoming general election. Signed manuscript annotated by Edward Marsh (22 November).

Letter from Lionel de Rothschild (House of Commons) to WSC concerning the Jewish community's attitude towards Sir George Kemp's [later Lord Rochdale] amendment to the Shops Bill [on Sunday trading] which would be to their disadvantage. Signed manuscript.

Letter from George Toulmin (The Lancashire Daily Post, Preston [Lancashire]) to WSC concerning a meeting between WSC and large shopkeepers in Manchester, pointing out that many members of surrounding constituencies have different opinions. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Sir Rufus Isaacs [later Lord Reading, Attorney General], on the notepaper of the Attorney General, to WSC enclosing a deputation from an association of Reading [Berkshire] grocers [see CHAR 12/5/7] objecting to the Shops (No. 2) Bill on grounds that the bill will limit hours of work, but not hours of trading, and thus will work against shopkeepers who are dependent on assistants. Signed typescript.

Copy of a resolution passed by the Reading [Berkshire] and District Grocers and Provision Merchants Association concerning the Shops (No. 2) Bill and proposed restrictions on hours of work. Typescript on the notepaper of the Attorney General. Covering letter at CHAR 12/5/6.

Draft letter from WSC (Home Office) to Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Education] apologising for not being able to receive a deputation from the Dewsbury [Yorkshire] Off License Holders Protection Association, and adding an assurance that the [Shops Bill] will not restrict the hours in which groceries may be sold. Unsigned manuscript in the hand of Edward Marsh.