COLLIERY DISPUTES.
NORTHUMBERLAND BALLOT
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) LONDON, March 8. The ballot of Northumberland miners decided by a large majority against confirming the executive's suggestion for ending the dispute. This practically amounts to a censure of the executive for stopping strike pay and ordering the strikers in fourteen collieries to resume The Bishop of Llandaff urges the disputants in South Wales to come to an agreement. He points out that thousands of railwaymen, dockers, tin-plate men, iron and steel workers, and shopkeepers are dependent on the coal trade, and refers to the likelihood of trade being diverted to other channels. The Bishop counsels the miners to trust their old. experienced leaders. A National Conference to consider the position in South Wales opens on Wednesday. _, , Coal exports from South Wales in February 1910, decreased 260,827 tons compared with February, 1909, through foreign firms securing contracts at the expense of the Welsh trade.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9160, Issue 9160, 9 March 1910, Page 5
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154COLLIERY DISPUTES. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9160, Issue 9160, 9 March 1910, Page 5
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