British Government Intervenes London, July 9.
The Government has intervened in the mining dispute. Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (First Lord of the Ad. miralty) accompanied by the Minter of Labour and the Secretary of Mines, this morning saw the Central Committee of the Mining Association, who explained to him. their wage proposals and the present position of the negotiations.
Mr. Bridgeman has invited the Miners' Federation to a similar meeting. Ie is understood that Mr. A. J. Cook, Secretary of the Miners Federation, will meet him to-morrow.—Reuter.
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