COPPER-MINING.
A PERILOUS POSITION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Brisbane. March 26 The general manager of the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Co. conferred representatives of the union and explained that, owing to the perilous plight of the copper market, all employees, from nimself to the office boy, would be compelled to choose between a redu-dtion of wages by 30 per cent, and unemployment. It is understood that the unions contemplated a reduction of wages, but not of 20 per cent. Hobart, March 26
The Mount Lyell Co. submitted a abatement to the* employees showing the cost of working and the price u-f capper and suggested the introduction of the 88 hbur fortnight (tnd a reduction of wages of from 10 to 15 per cent. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1921, Page 5
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125COPPER-MINING. Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1921, Page 5
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