Growing Demand for a Ballot London, June 5.
The definite nature of the Prime Minister's letter to the Miners' Executive, which stated that the Government had nothing further to propose and that its offer of May 27 could not be prolonged for more than a fortnight, has created a sensation among its recipients. A significant point in the letter is a suggestion that a ballot be taken by the miners on the rejected government proposals before the expiration of the fortnight during which the offer remains open. Their rejection up to the present has been the result of voting in the miners' district councils.
The "Sunday Times" insists on the desirability of a ballot, while meetings of colliery engineman are being held in Scotland to demand a ballot to test the-real feeling the miners on the question of resuming work.—Reuter.
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