THE COAL STRIKE
MINERS' CONFERENCE CALLED^
By the casting vote of Lord St. AKU wyn, the South Wales Board decided that the colliery labourers receive 4st 2d and 's 9d daily, representing an. advance of 3d. ~■'•■. The men are so dissatisfied that ishey have not secured 5s that they Ifaavtt suspended negottaitions and called a. conference of tlhe Souitih Wales Miners' Federation for Saturday. '• Lord St. Aldlwyn's vote iinplies that the Conciliation Board agreementi continues to control the South Wales jfeal trade.
A circular--to the members of the Northumberland' Miners' Association. states that during 2\ years t'he expenditure was £150,000 above'the income, and that it is impossible to pay tlhe present benefit.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10631, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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112THE COAL STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10631, 9 May 1912, Page 5
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