COAL MINERS' MINIMUM.
EFFECT OF AWAEDS. By Telcjraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, May 23. The coal-owners state that Sir Edward Clarke's awards aro too high for many of the South Yorkshire collieries, and will tend to cause the discharge of old men who are now gladly earning 255. a, week. Numbers of the old pits must close, but the new T.Till be little .affected. The men are disappointed. They asked Bs., hoping to get 7s. Gd., but got only Cs. 9d. Sir Walter Lawrence, Conciliation Commissioner, has,awarded tho South Stafford and East Worcester underground workers is .a day minimum, and boys Is. 10d. to 3s.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1449, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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103COAL MINERS' MINIMUM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1449, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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