COAL BILLS.
FIERCE CONTEST ■ EXPECTED. MINERS. TO CONSIDER, POLICY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
LONJION, June 28
The Aveek in Parliament Avill be devoted to the Coal Bills which manifestly will be fiercely contested. Meanwhile'aj,sefctleiment does not seem any nearer. The Trade Union'Council Is launching a national publicity campaign- -to -place the miners’ case before the -public ia.hd! secure a levy from the trade unions on the plea that the •working classes are thus defending their standards of living.
The executive of the Miners’ Federation Avill meet in London on Tuesday to -consider whether to agree to a •policy of. lower Av'ages, but not larger hours. A substantial section of the texecuti\ T e is iiova’ wi 11 ing to- idvi.se the men to take less pay. Messrs H. Smith (president) and A. J: Cook (secretary) Of the Miners’ Federation are making bontinual -pretests against the transport and railway Avorkers moving coal.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 June 1926, Page 5
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