June 11.
The decisions on which the miners have been invited to cast. votes crystallized into two plain questions in the ballot-papers issued by the Federation. The first asks whether the miners favour fighting on for the principles of a national wages board and a national pool, with the loss of the Government subsidy of £10,000,000 if no settlement reached by the 18th instant. The second asks whether the miners are in favour of accepting the Government's and owners' terms, as printed on the back of the paper.
Particulars show that during the temporary period in which the £10,000,000 is applicable to mitigate reductions in wages, the first of such reductions will not exceed two shillings per shift in the case of adults, and one shilling in the case of youths. A further reduction after August 1 will be mutually! agreed upon until the Government grant has been exhausted when the temporary agreement will terminate.
A summary of the owners' proposals for a permanent scheme, namely t\ increase the standard wage offer by 20 per cent. on the 1914 wage plus additions since made and to surrender all profits for three months, is also given.—Reuter,
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