THE COAKL MINER'S DAY.
“The first effect of an increase ill hours would bo. to increase the aggregate output of British coal, and thus to intensify the condition of over-pro-duction, of supply always tending to outrun demand, which has been the proximate cause of the world-wide coal depression of the past two years. The miners’ Headers have solid and substantial reasons for their belief that longer hours would not really prove an alternative to lower wages; that, if thev were to accept them, the economic position of the industry would soon become worse, than ever, and tlmt the owners would come to them again with fresh demands.” —“The Nation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1926, Page 3
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109THE COAKL MINER'S DAY. Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1926, Page 3
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