SOUTH WALES OWNERS
THEY DECLARE THE ACT UNSATISFACTORY. MINERS' FEDERATION CONDEMNED. (Received April 1, 9.7 a.m.) .. „ .. £OpON, 31st March. _ lne bouth Wales owners, at a, meeting, declared the Minimum Wag« Act unsatisfactory both to the owners and the miners. Mr. John Wilson, Liberal M.P. for Mid-Durham, speaking at Durham, said the Act had given the miners all they had asked for m February's ballot. The men's duty to their families and to cog> na,be, trades demanded resumption of work forthwith. Delegates representing thirty thousand men in Rhondda Valley, Waks, have advised rcßumpti«n of work. The speakers criticised the Miners' Federation for not giving a definite lead. In Lancashire the ballots are unfavourable to resumption. Mr. Fred Hall, Labour M.P. for the Nortnanton. Divteien of Yorkshire, speaking at Doncaster, said the men had not sought the Minimum Wage Act ; it had been forced on them. He rogretted that some had resumed work instead of waiting for a complete settlement.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1912, Page 7
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158SOUTH WALES OWNERS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1912, Page 7
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