BRITISH COAL MINERS
SERIOUS DROP IN WAGES.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COP iP.M'IT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - HEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
v LONDON, 14th December. In the House of Ctmmons, the debate on the Consolidated Fund Bill proceeded without excitement. '
Mr. A^alah drew attention to the serious condition of y the coal mining industry. The average wage had been reduced from 16s lid in March, 1921, to 9s Id in November, 1922, the cost of living being 80 per cent, above the pre-war level.
The House adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1922, Page 7
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