MINERS AND THE COST OF LIVING
CONFERENCE AT GLASGOW, REDUCED EXPENSES OR MORE PAY' (Bee. July 25, 6.45 p.m.) . London, July 24. Mr. James Smillie, presiding at the Miners' Federation Conference at Glasgow, dealt with the increased cost, of living, and declared that the miners tho hands of the employers for a'creased the hand of the employers for increased wages. They did not desire to use their power, but rather preferred to see a reduction in ■ the "cost of living. If this were not reduced, wages must 'be increased. They would also force the. Government to deal fairly. with those' who were proved guilty in the Mesopotamia report. "■ The conference is demanding a twentyfive per cent.' increase in wages.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3146, 26 July 1917, Page 5
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121MINERS AND THE COST OF LIVING Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3146, 26 July 1917, Page 5
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