THE LABOUR WORLD

West Coast Times, 19 April 1911, Page 3

THE LABOUR WORLD

- BRITISH MINERS’ BILL,

. r*is» association. —copyright. ) LONDON, April 17—Meetings at Lothian and Durban of the miners protested against a clause in the new v Mines’ BO!, making washing at the pithead compulsory, before going home. The men state that baths at the pithead make them liable to colds.

CABMEN’S BOYCOTT. 3IELBOUENE, April, 18—A Cabmens boycott o£ the wharves has been mooted pending action by the City ConnciL MINERS' COMPLAINT. CAPETOWN, April 16—A bill compensating miners . suffering from • miners' phthisis has been read a sec•ond time in. the Assembly. Later.—The Government propose to samend the Phthisis Bill, authorising •employers to deduct a contribution (from the miners’ wages towards oorajpensatibn. The Miners’ Association •demands the maintenance of the original form of the b3l.