THE COLLIERY TROUBLE.

Mataura Ensign, 21 July 1909, Page 3

THE COLLIERY TROUBLE.

ARGUMENT FOR A STRIKE. LONDON, July 20. The South Wales minors nro inclined to support a general strike oil tho ground that it would clear tho air, and Siey ask for similar support later, as tlio recent peaco was only a patclied-up affair. THE EIGHT-HOURS SYSTEM. LONDON, July 20. The 'Daily Mail' states that the first fortnight's experience of the working of th» Eight Hours system in South Wales astounded many. Tho reduction in tho output was from 13 to 18 per cent., and the actual loss 700,000 tons in South Wales alone.