NEWCASTLE MINERS
SHORTER HOURS AND MORE PAY DEMANDED. tl Sydney, December 13. The Newcastle coalminers are submitting fre?h claims, including a six-hour (lay and a minimum wage of M a week or 255. a 'day, and a five-day week, the abolition of the contract system, a fortnight's holiday annually oil - full pay, tihe abolition of the afternoon shift, and a voice in the. executive control of the industry. Ponding the granting of tho claims an interim award is sought conceding an increase of 25 to 48 per cent. — Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 68, 14 December 1920, Page 7
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90NEWCASTLE MINERS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 68, 14 December 1920, Page 7
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