ANOTHER STRIKE.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 July 1919, Page 5

ANOTHER STRIKE.

150,000 YORKSHIRE MINERS STOP WORK. » LONDON, July 16. One hundred and fifty thousand miners struck to-night in West Yorkshire, the men refusing the proposed re-arrangement of hours and piece rate under the Sankey award, The masters have nothing to do with the quarrel, which is between the Coal ‘Controller and the miners. COST Ol‘ LIVING.PROFITEERING IN BRITAIN. 1 LONDON,‘ July 16. i The Government proposes to eS_tab—| lish as national system ,of local tribunals i in Britain to investigate pfofi-feeringi and to deal with all cases. . A ‘ Mr Roberts says the, price of Afood} between july, 1914 and 1919, rose:lo9‘: perrcent. ;: LTRENOH GOVERNMENT TAKING - -“'-5-'_ g. .;, ~ t ' ‘zln~order.,to -bring: down the‘ costflofi living the Government is erecting wooden booths for the sale of_foo'd-' Istufli"s, organising cheap resgtauiiants throughout France, and. selling to coe operative societies stocks of food which had been accumulated for army purposes. The Government is also creating a special police fierce to track down profiteers. ' BRITISH com. CRISIS. MINERS’ SIDE OF THE CASE. LONDON, July 15. At the Keswick conference, ' Mr Smilie denied that the miners’ demands justified an increase in the price of coal. The Federation was desirous: of assisting to the utmost in increasing loutput. The miners denied absOlI1’:.o1y ‘responsibility for the shortage.‘ Mr l Smilie "believed nationalisation alone would achieve proper output by elimil- - ati,ngf royaltyito the owners',*an'i the inlltroduction ‘of new machinery.‘ -\’[ille:*s ‘ were unlikely to strain every nerve ‘to make:; owners’ fortunesmtrfie assured the Government that "the minersiwere willing to strike in order to assist against a hostile capitalist combination.

The Conference passed a resolution offering the fullest support to: ffihle‘ Government in carrying out the Sankey C‘-ommission’s report. TURKISH PAS!‘-AIAS WANTED. ' ‘SENTENCED TO DEATH. Received 9 am. ‘PARIS, July 16, The Porte has demanded the extradition of Talaat Pasha, Env-er Pasha, and.Djemil Pasha, who have refuged in Germany. ‘All have been sentenced to death. V