BRITISH COAL
A SERIOUS OUTLOOK. MORE TROUBLE OVER WAGES. A DEADLOCK INEVITABLE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 18, 55 p.m. London, Feb. 17. A dangerous situation appears to be approaching in the mining industry. The miners are opposed to the owners’ proposals that the wages made should depend largely upon profits, and they demand a new standard, which shall incorporate the greater part of the present earnings. The owners are almost certain to resist, and a deadlock appears inevitable. The Government control of prices terminates at the end of March, and the owners declare it is impossible to carry on unless the prices are raised and wages reduced. The miners’ have intimated that they will not accept any reduction. Meanwhile the coal export trade is practically at a standstill and unprofitable collieries are being closed.—'United Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1921, Page 5
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