BRITISH MINES
IF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WERE EARNEST SHARP COMMENTS OF MR. SMILLIE London, March 16. Mr. Robert Smillie, M.P. (Lab.>. addressing a conference on the nationalisation of mines at Wakefield, said: “Would to Heaven the House of Commons were earnest! There is nothing more heart-breaking to Labour members in the House desirous of improving the home life of the masses than to hear, hour after hour, week after week, the House talking piffle about this and that and the other, about everything, except the needs of the working class, the men, women, and children.” —Sydtney “Sun” Cables. MINIMUM WAGES BILL PROBABLE GOVERNMENT MAJORITY (Rec. March 17, 7.45 p.m.) London, March 17. The “Daily Herald” lobbyist estimates that the Government is likely to have a majority of 20 in the second reading of the Minimum Wages Bill for miners.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 149, 18 March 1924, Page 7
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