CALLING FOR LABOUR
SHILLING A TON REDUCTION
SELLING COAL CHEAPER^
(Eeceived 16th November, 10 jj, m .)
SYDNEY, Th.is Day.v The State Government has officially unnouneed that applications wijl be invited immediately from men propared to accept work at the mines taken over by the Government. The rates offered provide a shilling per ton reduction on. the present wages. The cost of the coal to be sold by the Government will be approximately 4s a ton below the present prices. The Bothbury Mine will be opened probably on Wednesday next and the Cessnock Mine a few days later. ' The secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Davies, stated definitely that the miners were not x prepared to resom* work at reduced wages. .. - ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 9
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120CALLING FOR LABOUR Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 9
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