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COAL CONFERENCE

■ — EFFORTS TO - AVOID CONFLICT INCREASE IN OUTPUT DISCUSSED ' MINISTER SUGGESTS AN INCENTIVE t By Telegraph-Press Aasoclatlon-Copyrteht e- (Rec. September 18, 5.5 p.m.) e London, September 17. , The official roport of to-day's Coal Conferenco shows tliqt the discussion rovolvi. cd around the, question of increased out- :- put. Sir Robort said that any 1 increase in the output of coal would i necessarily entail a review of the whole ■ situation. His idea, was that for all the , tons got above a certain basis line the ■ • miners should get an advance. That would be a direct incentive. Mr. Smillio 6aid the miners had aban- " doned the claim that their two points , (higher pay and cheaper coal) were indivisible. Now Sir Robert Home was " trying to make them believe 'that they ' were actually quarrelling about the ques- ° tion _of increased output. There was J nothing of the kind. Mr. Smillie asked why the miners should begin to increase the output for the purpose of increasing wages, when tho Government was already getting the money to pay the increase. ' He. added that unless the increase was conceded tho miners' other proposals need not be considered,- and they had. recommended the miners' conference on. Tuesday that a strike should take place. [' Sir Robert Horne remarked that he L thought it would not be difficult to find i a basis on which increased wages should ; he obtained having a relation to larger 1 output. Mr. Smillie added that they refused to • -consider Sir Robert Home's proposal to i set up an industrial board to endeavour : to inorease.the output of coal, unless an i advance of two shillings was given, i Sir EobcTt Home said he had a6cer- . tained that tho colliery owners, were will>jng to meet the miners to discussi the i~on of output, and urged the miners to. meet the employers on this question. Tho Minister declared that all their efforts should now be directed to avoiding a. conflict, which would bo very disastrous, and begged the miners to m'eet him again on Monday, to which Mr. Smillie agreed.—Reuter. QUESTION oiloiNT ACTION TO BE DETERMINE]) BY TRIPLE » ALLIANCE. (Rec. September 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, Septembor 18. , Following the miners' conference with Sir Robert Horne, a sub-committee of the Triple Alliance discussed the position, | and decided to hold a cpecial conference with each branch of the Alliance on Tuesday, and a joint conference on Wed- ' nesday, at which the question/ of joint > action will be determined.—Aus.-N.Z. 1 Cable Assn. ; COAL RATIONING" SCHEME 3 FACTORIES TO CLOSE IN EVENT OF STRIKE. ' (Rec. September 20, 0.10 a.m.) London, September 19. It is announced that a coal rationing scheme will be put into operation throughout the country in the event of a strike. Many employers in the Midlands have served liotices on the workere to the effect that there will be an immediate closing-down of factories in the event of a coal strike.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. "CA' CANNY" METHODS CONDEMNED ENGINEERS FAVOUR PAYMENT BY RESULTS. ' . . ■ ' (Rec. September 20, 0.10 a.m.) London, September 19. Several north-east coast branches of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, in condemnation of the "ca' canny" methods, have passed a resolution in favour of payment by results. According to the "National News" other unions connected with shipbuilding are expected to follow the same course.—Aus.-N Z Cable Assn. PRINTERS' STRIKE. SETTLED NEWSPAPERS STOPPED FOR THREE WEEKS. . (Rec. September 20, 0.10 a.m.) _ . London, September 19. The printers' strike in Manchester and Liverpool has been provisionally settled, enabling the newspapers to resume, after three weeks' cessation, during which daily typewritten bulletins were issued. Filial details regarding wages and status have been referred to the Typographical Association's executive, who will meet the employers on September 29—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. THE ELECTRICIANS' DISPUTE London, Soptember 17. In oonnection with the. settlement of the <Aectricians* dispute, it has been ■ agreed that foremen shall not be compelled to join tho Electrical Trades Union. This was the point on which all the trouble aroso.—Reuter. SEAMEN'S STRHuTIN CANADA (Rec. September 19, 11.5 p.m.) . _ Ottawa, September 18. The Canadian Groat Lakes shipping is tied up. owing to a seamen's strike. The man demand equal pay to that of American 6eamen.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SEIZED ITALIAN FACTORIES (Rec. September 19, 5.5 p.m.) Rome, September 18. The Federation of Manufacturers, while accepting tho principle of joint control, demand the evacuation of the occupied factories, with compensation for the same. The railw.aymen in Romo, Bologna,, and Milan have selzod the subsidiary railways and tramways.—Aus.- ' N.Z.. Cable Assn. i ■■■ ] . EXTREMIST METHODS. CONDEMNED | MR. STOREY'S REMEDY FOR INDUS- ! TRIAL UNREST. j Sydney, September 18. ] Mr. J. Storey, Premier of New South t Wales, addressing the Millions Club, dis- ■ claimed extremist and revolutionary . methods for solving the industrial un- . rest. His way of dealing with those i who advocated that Australian workmen , should follow the example of tho Italian j workmen by seizing tho means of produc- , tion, he said, woul.d be to send them to Italy. If the employers would' under- ' tako to take moTo interest in tho welfare of their workers, he ; iis head of tho Government, would obtain a reciprocal undertaking from tho workers. Tho real remedy for the unrest was increased production by forcing locked-up land into use. Large entailed estates wero the curse of the country, and would have to be swept away. Tho owners of the land must use it, or disgorge it.—Press Assn. "IRRITATION STRIKES" I TRADES HALT, ATTITUDE DE- 1 NOUNCED. ; Sydney, September 18. i The executive of the Australian Labour Party has issued a manifesto denouncing the attitude of tho Trade* Hall in advocating "irritation strikes," and recommending that such extremists should be expelled from the movomeni. —Press Assn. — ' ' i

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 5

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COAL CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 5

COAL CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 5

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