STRIKE BILL PASSED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 30 March 1912, Page 7

STRIKE BILL PASSED.

THIRD Rl-ADING IN Tllß LORDSftIINURS'DUUKIATESSATISFIGo TROOPS, HEM) READY. lly Teleifi'apli-l'i'.ivii Ansnelnllnn-Copyl'ißlit (live. March 211, 11.10 p.m.) London, March 2fl. Tho lloiisn of I/ords has read Ihe Mininium Wage Mill n lliird lime. The Government did nut proceed with il.t proposed amendmenl, which more clearly deliued tho meaning of (hephraso "average dnily rnlo of wages." Lord Crowe, Secretary of Slalo for India, who was in chni'i;n of Iho Kill, explained that tho proposed amendment was unimportant, but tho miners were suspicious of any change favouring tho owners, mid it would, therefore, lw abandoned. Lord Laiuulowno, Leader of tho Opposition, protested against tho Abandonment of an amendment on such n ground. THE DILL AND THE FUTURE. APPEAL FOB RESUMPTION. London, March 28. The Primo Minister, Mr. Asquith, addressing Liberal members of tho llouso of Commons represent]!)),' mining cunslituoncies, omphasisod tho Legislature's recognition of tho principle of a minimum wage, and dwelt on tho increasingly strong public demand for the resumption of normal conditions. Tho meeting passed a resolution, expressing admiration for tho Premier's action, and appreciation of tho benefits of tho Minimum Wago Bill. Mr. Henderson, Labour M.P. for Barnard Castle, Durham, declares that tho Labour party and tho Miners' Federation will rnnko their protest now-. It behoves overybody to mako tho Bill effective The question of minima of five shillings and two shillings ought to be tho first business of tho district boards.