MUCH DISAPPROVAL
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NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS
LORD MERSEY'S AWARD
(Received May 14, 9 .a.m.)
LONDON, May 13
Through ,tihe award by Lord'Mlereey, chairman of the Northumherland Conciliation Board, with respect to minors' wages being retrospective, the men will have a windfall of twenty thousand pounds in accumulated 'wages.
The newspapers report a, wave of indignant disapproval of the award. Mr Stracker, the general secretary of the Miners' Federation, complains that the award does not grant the 5s whidh all parties considered would be a reasonable minimum.
The president of the Federation considers the 5s minimum worth fighting for; it would mean a considerable advance to many who are now underpaid.
Lord Mersey's award fixes the minimum rates for underground workers in Northumberland mines as follows: Day workers, 4s 9d;pieco workers, 5s 8d; boys, 2s to 3s 6d (according t<> age); putters, 4s; and deputy 'hewers and engiiunen, 5s 6d. The hewers claimed from 6s 3d to 7s !)d.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10636, 15 May 1912, Page 5
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165MUCH DISAPPROVAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10636, 15 May 1912, Page 5
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