BRITISH COAL MINES.
THE CHANGE IN CONDITIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, March 21. Mr. Hodges, speaking at Ebb Vale, admitted that at present wages exceeded the prices received for the coal, and suggested that the Government should place 100 millions to the credit of the industry, thereby providing cheap coal for the steel trade. The resultant increase in trade would enable the debt to be wiped out in two years. The Yorkshire Miners’ Council recommends members temporarily to abandon the policy of a National Wages Board and a national pool, and to empower the executive to proceed with the negotiations on a district basis during the present abnormal state of affairs. The South Wales Miners’ Council decided the opposite way. The national executive will meet in London on Thursday to consider the answer of all districts whether the notices to terminate the existing contracts shall be allowed to expire, which will mean a lock-out on April 1. The executive of the Scottish Mineworkers’ Union decided to recommend non-acceptance of the district wage* board. If the London conference favored the proposal the Scottish delegates should propose a restricted working policy in every British coalfield.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1921, Page 5
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195BRITISH COAL MINES. Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1921, Page 5
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