TRADES AND LABOUR.
London, April 4. The strike of South Wales miners has become general. Eighty thousand men are isivolved. Practically all che South Wale 3 and Monmouthshire coiliers are idle. They refuse to entrust their leaders with plenary powers. They demand an advance of 20 per cent, with a minimum wage. Employers refuse to discuss nntil plenary powers have been granted. April 8. A conference of Cardiff colliers unanimously demanded a .10 per cent, advance and the introduction of a fresh sliding scale, with a minimum wage. The masters refuse to concede the demands. April 10. There is evsry appearance of the Welsh colliery trouble extending to the Scottish miners, who now demand an advance of one shilling a day in wages. — i " i.i'^gwr--."-' ■»■— Nijimo and Btjlih'p enUectkn of 8'.;1b9, at ss, 10s, 15s, 20s, and $?s e*,sb, sift the best value ever offered. DeUveceU fice to auy uarb of New Zi^'and^
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Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 13
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153TRADES AND LABOUR. Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 13
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