AUSTRALIAN MINERS
dispute with owners -NATIONAL CRISIS LIKELY Sydney, June G. The general president of the Miners’ Federation, Mr C. Kelson, slated to-day that if the coal-mine owners were determined to resist the miners’ legitimate claims, then a national crisis appeared to he inevit--1 able. S It was stated that the owners were determined not to concede the miners’ demands, and did not believe that the federation would call a strike throughout the Commonwealth. if for no other reason than ) its inability to finance it. j The miners’ claims include: i A 30-hour week of five six-hour | days. j Pensions of £ 2 a week for aged j miners. Holidays on full pay. i Improved safety provisions in 1 mines.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12369, 7 June 1938, Page 2
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