THE "CLASS STRUGGLE."
PARALLEL IN NEW ZEALAND SHORTLY.
AT A, w,,^IJCE:L^ ND ' Jan- 5- ■ ■»lr McWilhams, vice-president of ™ Colliery Employees' Federation, addressed a meeting here last night on the New South Wales strike, at which a collection was taken up and resolutions of sympathy were passed. Mr Long, president of the Trades and Labour Council, said tliat the class struggle in New South Wales was likely to find a parallel in New Zealand shortly. _ Mr Manning, secretary of the New Zeaalnd Miners' Federation, denounced the actionof the New South Wales Government in arresting the strike leaders. He also contrasted the prices obtained by the miners for hewing and those by the owners when the coal was sold. The State mine had reduced the price by "6s per ton to the public, notwithstanding what was said about the wages paid.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 3, 5 January 1910, Page 5
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139THE "CLASS STRUGGLE." Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 3, 5 January 1910, Page 5
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