MINING AGREEMENT
AN AWKWARD SITUATION. WHAT MINERS WA*T. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 11. With the expiry of the district coalfields agreements at the end of the year, the Miners Federation is expected to demand a national agreement and national minimum wage, creating an awkward, situation lor the MacDonald Government. . Mr Cook in an article in the “Weekly Miner,’’ states the miners voted solidly for the repeal of the Eight Hours Act., and for new compensation and minimum wage acts, and nationalisation of mines. I lcel sure tho Labour Government will not betray its trust, hut the Government must he given a chance, seeing it has not got a clear majority. The Labour Party is pledged to move at the first session to repeal the Eight Hours Act. • Mr Cook has joined the Independent Labour Party. !
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1929, Page 5
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145MINING AGREEMENT Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1929, Page 5
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