WORKERS AND WAGES
» NORTHUMBERLAND COALMINERS. RESULT OF A THREE MONTHS' STRIKE. RUINED TRADESMEN. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright, (Received April 5, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, 4th April. The direst poverty exists in hundreds of homes in Northumberland, as a result of the three months' strike. Many small tradesmen have 'been mined. The sum of £60,000 has already been distributed in relief pay. [The cause of the strike was a dispute with the employers over tho working of the Eight Hours Act.] CHINESE CABINETMAKERS. AN INCREASE" OF WAGES GRANTED. SYDNEY,- 4th April. As an outcome of the Factories Act stopping overtime, thereby curtailing their earning powers, the Chinese Cabinet Pieceworkers' Union of Sydney demanded an increase of wages. The masters granted an increase of 10 to 15 per cent, in wages, with a corresponding in- J crease in tho price of the manufactured articles-
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 71
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142WORKERS AND WAGES Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 71
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