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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3847, 29 April 1881, Page 2

THINKIN& over the recent reduction of the wages of the miners in two of the principal mines on' the field, we fail to see that the directors could possibly bring any.arguments in support cf their action, except that a few paltry pounda per annum would be saved by taking the few alfillings a week fro/n the already low wages of the workmen. It is an incontroveitiblefact that with the high price of provisions the standard wag?s of the past few yeara—Bi per ' day—is barely sufficient to provide a' miner and hi 3 family wibh the necessaries of life, luxuries being out of the question, so that it would take an economist ot considerable acumen to show hqjH' Lhese people" can live without running into debt. In our belief the business "people here will feel the reduction almost as greatly as the miners themselves, and it is our opinion that the two •ctasseß should baad together and see if something cannot be done to place the matter on a more satiafictory footing. Were some of those directly »ffected to take tho matter up, we feel sure they would be warmly supports by the public, and we w,uld do every thing in our.powerto make such an agitation a success. ' A public meeting would recoive oar support.

Sic GEiaaE G-Rby will a-.ive by the steamer this evening a.xv\ tomorrow address theelecto-s a<: tho Theatre Kjynl. It i 9 quite unnecessary. to point out that the address will be worib hea.'lng, and that the electors should attend, for so well-known is our member upon tho Thames, and so interesting are his utterance- thai few who have ever had the pleasure of 1 stoning to him bub will' t.ko advantage of tin present occasion. We understand" that ar^an^ementi have been made to reserve a number of seatj in thodresß circle of the Qheutre for ladies. It h anticipated that Sir Gsorgo Grey will sketch the polioy ■to .bo pursued by his party in the coming session of Parliament.