THE MINERS' CLAIMS.
WHAT THEY WOULD MEAN TO
*(ME COMPANY
[press association.]
SYDNEY, March 9
Giving evidence before the southern miners' Wages Board, the manager of the Metropolitan Coal Company submitted a statement showing that the cost to the company would be £42,000 annually if the miners' claims were granted, including an outlay of £15,000 to £20,000 on a railway through the mines to convey employees to their work. He added that the estimates given were all moderate, for he was confident that fhe~ men would screw the lost drop of blood possible out of them.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 55, 10 March 1910, Page 5
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96THE MINERS' CLAIMS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 55, 10 March 1910, Page 5
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