MINERS' DISPUTE.
INTENTION TO STRIKE,
SYDNEY, October 39.— Besides the Maitknd lodges, a number of Newcastle lodges have rejected the agreement. The miners asked for an inrease of from 20 to 26 per "cent./; whereas the agreement provides for 6 per cent. Matters have again been referred to a compulsory conference. * LATER. , ' T The Maitland miners at a meeting decided to give fourteen days' notice tc strike.- The men contend -that it' the price of coal were raised 12s a ton they should be granted- an increase of Gd on the hewing rate instead' of. 3d. Tor years the hewing rate has been reckoned on a 10-s basis, though coal has actually been .selling at Us a, ton. The meivclaim:ttiat for a long time they have, been underpaid. A rise •'•> 12s would be equivalent to a 2s rise.
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Grey River Argus, 20 October 1915, Page 7
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138MINERS' DISPUTE. Grey River Argus, 20 October 1915, Page 7
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