OFFICIAL EXPLANATION.
NO FAITH IN GOVERNMENT,
(Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. ltJ. The miners' official statement explains the conciliatory steps taken since July to avoid a strike.; The statement blames the Government for its unyielding atittude to reasonable demands and declares that the cost of living 'has advanced a furthsr
"31 per cent, since the miners' wage
v,ere increased seven monitihs ago, ~ therefore ithey are fully entitled to th c two shillings increase demanded. The miners refused to submit to &n impartial tribunal, because they had tost faith in tihe Government. There was no guarantee that the Government would not repudiate tfe e tribunal's recommendations, as it did Mr Justice Sankey's award in 1919.-—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 18 October 1920, Page 5
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