| Show PRESENT MINIMUM WAGE PUN PLAN allf drafted by british government with a view to ending M elnen nors strike passes first Read reading ng london the coal miners minimum yaeo v a bill 1111 des designed ignec to put an end to the coal strike passed its ita arst first read ing lit in the house of commons tuesday night the bill la Is cached by jare pre in for asquith foreign Secret secretary gray chancellor lloyd lloy george and sydney buxton president of the board of 1 l trade it consists of six causes and a 0 ache schedule dule denning defining twenty one districts the country being divided lor for the purpose of the bill As outlined by the prime m minister tho the bill provides a reasonable minimum wage tor for the miners and safeguards tor for the owners these to bl b arranged by district boards the minimum will be ba paid from the date of 0 resumption of at work the enactment Is for three years an important clause provides that if 11 within a fortnight any district lacks lacha a recognized district board the board of trade may appoint any person to act in place of the local body there la Is nothing in the bill to prevent a recurrence of the strike should the miners be dissatisfied by the boards decision |
