BRITISH MINERS.
MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT. STATE AID SOUGHT. CRISIS IN INDUSTRY, By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 20, 11.10 p.m. London, Oct. 19. Members of the executive of the Miners’ Federation attended the Board of Trade in order to induce the Government to permit £3,000,000 of the unexpended balance of the State subvention to be utilised to ease wage reductions and assist pits whose financial position was serious. Mr. Frank Hodges (the miners' leader) said there were at present 175,000 miners unemployed. Seventy-three per cent, of the workers were employed only on three days weekly.—Reuter Service. London, Oct. 19. Seven thousand miners are unemployed in South Wales. The October wages have been officially fixed at 27 per cent, above the September rates. The Yorkshire Mining Association, replying to Mr. Smith’s allegation of bad faith, d»friare that some owners are unable to continue to pay the wage® specified in the strike settlement, which was drawn up hastily. A readjustment of wages is the only alternative to closing down the pits.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1921, Page 5
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168BRITISH MINERS. Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1921, Page 5
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