BRITISH COAL TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1925, Page 3

BRITISH COAL TROUBLE

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.]

COAL DEADLOCK CONTINUES

LONDON, July 11). The coal deadlock continues. The Government Inquiry will he resumed on Monday, but the miners will not be ' represented. Cook is spending the week end preparing the miners’ ease for a special meeting of the Trade Union Congress at London’ on Friday. While it is agreed an industrial alliance cannot be created in time to help the miners next month, plans are being prepared by which the union can take a ballot ol members quickly on the question ol supporting miners by embargoes against handling coal, a lighting fund, etc. , . . .Mr Thomas, a Railway Union official, speaking at Bakewell. Derbyshire on Saturday, said Things never looked lietter. You cannot expect to find contentment when workmen are denied a living wage.” Ml- Worthington Evans, speaking at Dunnow, said the difficulty of the position is that both men and employers I ore in the right. What is wrong is the world iirice of coal.

THE PROPOSED ALLIANCE. LONDON. July 10. The Union Conference to consider the proposed industrial alliance was l>v no means unanimous. It did not approve of the constitution hut according to the “Daily Herald” resolved to recommend individual executives to consider it and report at another conference in the near future. The “Daily Express” asserts evit- .-■* j,. s riddled the draft constitution, one clause of which provided that the directing committee should have power to call out all unions, without relereuce to individual unions. This is regarded as opening to dangerous possihiltics. Furthermore the constitution trenched on the functions vested in trades union congress. The decision means the project will he seriously delayed. Air Clynes remarked it could not he ready in time for the miners dispute