BRITISH COAL STRIKE
RE-EXAMINATION OF WHOLE QUESTION URGED. Australian and N.Z. Gable -Association. LONDON, May 8. Lord Weir, in -a memorandum to the Government, pleads with both parties ce abandon their present contentions and re-examine the whole coal sitution. He suggests a return to tho eight hours day, the application of the minimum wage, restoration of piecework, and wages revision monthly in accordance with the qost of living. RESERVISTS RUN AMOK LIVELY SCENES AT ALDERSHOT. (Received May ,9, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 9. A number of half-drunken reservists, who were called Up under the strike regulations, including discontented miners, ran amok at Aldershot on Saturday night. They waved red flags and rushed into the main streets, where they smashed shop- windows worth £2OOO.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10896, 10 May 1921, Page 5
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