MINING IN BRITAIN
HOURS AND WAGES QUESTION.
MEN SEEK NATIONAL BASIS.
PARTIES IN CONSULTATION
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, H a.m.) 'LONDON, June 12.
It was reported to a special meeting of the Miners’ Federation that consultations with the owners on the position likely to arise next month on the expiration of the present Act regulating working hours had not yet led to definite proposals being made by the Mining Association concerning the adjustment of hours and the protection of the wage'on a national basis. The joint consultations will be resumed next Thursday, and the executive adjourned till June 22 to receive the report. The delegates’ conference of the Miners’ Federation, called to determine the policy in connection with hours and wages, has been fixed for June 23. This afternoon a meeting was held lietween the Prime Minister and the Coal Committee of the Cabinet. —British Official W ireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 206, 13 June 1931, Page 5
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