MINERS’ AWARD
demand for increased rates refused, &**** Aan oclaLtoa —Cop jrlc &' (Received May 21, 8.15 p.m.) SYDNISY. May 21. ■Hie Northern Miners’ Wages Board .Ward..refused tho miners’ demand for increased, rates for the afternoon shift in tho Maitland collieries. The award has a currency of three years and it is generally against the ’men. - “ "Judge Edmunds, in delivering tho award, said that the working hours of coal-miners might reasonably bo limited to ono shift with advantage to the whole community, provided that tho supply of coal to meet all public demands could be maintained with one shift. Tho Government bos appointed a Commission to inqniro into the abolition of tho third shift.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8739, 22 May 1914, Page 6
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