MINING INDUSTRY.
HOUR AND WAGE PROPOSALS BRITAIN. EXPIRATION OF THE PRESENT ACT. BUGBY, Juno 12. It was reported to a special meeting of the Miners' Federation this morning that consultations with the owners on the position likely to arise next month on the expiration of the present Act regulating* working hours had net yet led to definite proposals being made by the Mining Association concerning the adjustment of hours and the protection of wages on a national basis. Joint consu'taton* will be r sumed next Thursday, and the executive adjourned till June 22, to receive the re-’ ceive the report. A delegate conference of the Miners' Federation, called to determine the policy in connection with the hours and wages positon, has been fixed for June 23; This afternoon a meeting was held between the Prime Minister and the Coal Committee of Cabinet.—(British Official Wireless.)
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Wairarapa Age, 15 June 1931, Page 2
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