MINERS’ DEMANDS
EXORBITANT, SAYS OWNER.
[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.]
SYDNEY, February 28. (Recd. February 28, 10.50 a.m.)
William Preece, a colliery owner at Lithgow, in asking for a suspension of labour conditions, informed the Court that he had mortgaged his home to provide the miners’ fortnightly pays of £45 and £BO. He declared that the Western Miners’ Federation was trying to make the proprietors operate the pits at a loss, demanding exorbitant rates and conditions.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1931, Page 7
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76MINERS’ DEMANDS Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1931, Page 7
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