PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
BRITISH GOAL CRISIS MEN ONLY DESIRE LIVING WAGE. . APPEAL BY MR THOMAS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and N.Z." Cable Association. (Received September 6, 7,45 p.m.) LONDON, September 6. Though it, is improbable that the Trade Union Congress will attempt bridge-building between the Government and the miners, as the miners - are averse to it, nevertheless manoeuvring for peace is going on, and the prospects are brighter.Mr J. H. Thomas■ (the railwaymen's , secretary), speaking at' Portsmouth, said no section of the community had a right to hold the nation to ransom. The miners repudiated the statement that this strike was for uationalisatidn: That would be settled at the. ballot bos. The miners had receiveo smaller advances than any class in. order to meet the higher-cost of living, Many thought it would be necessary tc fight Labour sooner or later, but Mi Thomas appealed to those concerned to hesitate before embanking on a mad gamble. Messrs Hodges and Smillie, interviewed, said that the miners will not agree to submit the wages claim tP .'an industrial court.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10688, 7 September 1920, Page 5
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