SOUTH WALES COALFIELD
AGREEMENT FINALLY DRAFTED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Feb. 3. The Welsh miners and coal-owners have prepared a final draft of the new agreement to regulate wages in Die South Wales coalfield. It will he submitted for endorsement, at a special meeting of the South Wales Coal Conciliation Board to-day. The new agreement will, after signature by members of the board, remain in force for three vears.
The most important issues, such as the regulation of wages in view of the changed hours of working and the present state of the industry, will by agreement he submitted almost immediately to the new independent chairman, who will be asked to give his award by the end of February.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 February 1931, Page 2
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