MINERS AT HOME.
TOO MUCH LOST TIME. THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY. GOAL COMMISSION EVIDENCE. (By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, January .12. The demand for restoration of the eight-hour day in mines was the chief point in the evidence submitted to the Coal Commission on behalf of the owners, who declare that the standards of living must rest on stable, economic conditions, while savings could also be effected and earnings increased if the minors attended work with greater regularity. The evidence pointed out that absenteeism in Scotland averages 3A per cent, and in England and Walee 8£ per cent. The owners expressed willingness to meet the miners with the utmost good will, but they were opposed to the establishment/ of compulsory machinery for the settlement of disputes. They are unable to point to any royal road ,to recovery of the industry, but are confident that the lower costs of production would stimulate the already growing demand for British coal. — (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 13 January 1926, Page 7
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