MINERS’ PENSIONS
OWNERS' FOND OF £50,000.
APPLAUSE FOR NOTABLE GIFT.
British Wireless Rugby, April 12. The South Wales coal miners’ intention to mark the King’s jubilee by a gift of at least £50,009 to a pension fund for miners was received as a gratifying surprise and was the subject of much favourable comment when it was announced in the House of Commons. The promised gift is all the more notable since the South Wales coal owners have been less prosperous in recent years than those of other districts. The Miners' Federation has agreed to subscribe £20,000. A Labour member, Mr. George Hall, in referring to the gratification among the miners, said: “I really believe that the South Wales owners have laid the foundation of a scheme which is the miners’ dream?’ ‘ . The Times says: “Their proposal is a token of goodwill which will help to bring employers and workmen together jn a new and voluntary enterprise of welfare.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1935, Page 5
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