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Meanwhile' we must be content to record that the Leicestershire

collieries have offered to the miners new terms which include an eight-hour day and a small increase of pay over the old rates. The numbers of the men in the different districts who have returned to work since the holiday of August 2nd, are increasing very slowly. Lastly, after a discussion, in which little was said that was new, the House of Commons on Friday, July 30th, voted the continuance of the Emergency Powers Regulations.

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