COAL MINES BILL
[United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] LONDON, December 12. The Liberals will vote against the Government’s Coal Bill, which has now formally been presented to Parliament, after four months’ negotiations. A forecast of the Bill shows that it provides for compulsory marketing and for a reduction of the miners’ hours to seven and a half daily. The Daily News says. Only absenteeism on the part of Conservative members can prevent the Government from defeat, but it is expected that the Tories will tacitly support the scheme, owing to the marketing clause although they are opposed to the reduction olf the hours. The Liberals believe that any Bill to subsidise coal export, at the expense of ism.nl 1 manufacturers, will send up the price of domestic coal by four shilling per ton. If the Conservatives approve of the Bill, it is likely to be hotly opposed in Committee, and it may he withdrawn.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 6
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155COAL MINES BILL Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 6
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