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                    Wed, 05 Aug 1959
                
                
                    MORRIS STRIKE TALKS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, Aug. 4 Executive officers of the 10 unions with membership in the Cowley factory...
                
                
            
                    Thu, 06 Aug 1959
                
                
                    FROM OUR LABOUR CORRESPONDENT  When the annual holidays at Morris Motors' plant at Cowley, Oxford, end on Monday, the strike of 3,000...
                
                
            
                    Mon, 10 Aug 1959
                
                
                    From Our Correspondent OXFORD, AUG. 9  Attitudes hardened today towards the strike at Morris Motors, Cowley, over the dismissal of...
                
                
            
                    Tue, 11 Aug 1959
                
                
                    From Our Special Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 10  A 24-hour token strike at the five British Motor Corporation factories in the Birmingham...
                
                
            
                    Wed, 12 Aug 1959
                
                
                    Pickets from 11 unions showed restraint today as members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union reported for work at Morris Motors. An...
                
                
            
                    Thu, 13 Aug 1959
                
                
                    From Our Labour Correspondent  The strike at the Morris Motors plant at Cowley, Oxford, was called off last night after six more hours...
                
                
            
                    Fri, 14 Aug 1959
                
                
                    From Our Correspondent OXFORD, AUG. 13  There was further trouble at the Morris Motors factory at Cowley today within a few hours of...
                
                
            
                    Tue, 18 Aug 1959
                
                
                    BMC - Today and the next day, BMC let the media test the Mini at Chobham in Surrey.
                
                
            
                    Mon, 24 Aug 1959
                
                
                    FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, AUG. 23  Fines of £2 are to be imposed on members of the Transport and General Workers' Union at Oxford...
                
                
            
                    Wed, 26 Aug 1959
                
                
                    The ADO15 MINI IS LAUNCHED TODAY  Some extracts from the Times description of the new car. FROM OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT  The British...
                
                
            
                    Thu, 27 Aug 1959
                
                
                    FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 26  Production of the British Motor Corporation's new small cars, the Austin seven and...
                
                
            
                    Fri, 28 Aug 1959
                
                
                    FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 27  The unofficial strike of 35 workers at the British Motor Corporation's tractor and...
                
                
            
                    Sat, 29 Aug 1959
                
                
                    FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 28  The men involved in the unofficial strike of machinists engaged on work for the new...
                
                
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