SCOTTISH MINERS.
BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED. (By Electbic Telegraph—Copyeight.) (Pkr Piifss Association.) Received Dec. 31, .8.5.* a,Vm..{ ' JLONDON, Dec, 30. A thousand Powell-puffryii; -nijners v/ere bitterly disappointed on presenting themselves for work to be informed that owing to the damage to the pit, due to stoppage at so great a time, it would be impossible to resume work before' Monday i ; -, '■ ,„, , J ' : The Scottish miners' conference has asserted the right of the unemployed to have work provided by the--.;:State at Trade Union rates, and denounced the appointment of mine inspectors by political and social influence. Received Dec. 31, 10.20 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 30. The Scottish miners have- resolved that the State ownership and control of mines must mean the ownership of plant, and all material for the production' and distribution ; also that miners should appoint State-paid local pit inspectors. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9404, 31 December 1910, Page 5
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