SETTLEMENT IN MEN'S FAVOUR.
•PARTICULARS OF CONCESSIONS,
WORK RESUMES TO-DAY,
(Press Assn.—Reed. 10 p.m.)
LONDON, July 21
The Ministers are -remaining at Cardiff until a definite settlement of the proposals for the consideration of the Conference are reached. They are so satisfactory from the workmen's standpoint that they" are certain to be approved to-day and the peace treaty will be signed. "The miners are
granted (1) a new standard wage which is an' increase ot; 50 per cent, upon the 1870 standard; (2) a minimum of 10 per cent, on the standard; (3) payment for six days for five days' work when on night shift; (4) surfacemen are included in the agreement; (5) the agreement will operate for six months after the war and subsequently will be subject to three months' notice. Th e men are expected to resume work on Thursday.
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Northern Advocate, 22 July 1915, Page 3
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