TRADES AND LABOUR.
THE MINERS' STRIKE.
Sydsbt, Jon« tk , Thcra is said to be little oharace'of t&f_ masters agreeing to the proposal* of thY delegate board, as the ooal trad* of the oft ' trlcfe is now lost and a period of depraasio is expected, The Singapore market, they; say, is entirely lost, while the MaiUla markaj has received a disastrous oheoS, Other mi, prietora say that the trade can onl/jn regained by a reduction in wages, The ballot among the Newcastle miner! resulted in the rejection of the recommendiU tionbythe delegates to accept the owner*' proposals, and the adoption of the amencb ment demanding that a higher price should be charged for coal and the new hewing rati .- increased. June 11, There is a feeling that if one of the large mines recommences work a great number of miners will flook back. Jane 14. The Waratah miners have eenta motion to the District Board censuring the Delegate Board for mismanaging the strike, and oalU - ing upon them to resign.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2207, 18 June 1896, Page 22
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