THE COAL CRISIS
THE SITUATION IMPROVED. NEGOTIATIONS WITH CONSUMERS MR THOMAS PRAISES LEADERS. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, January 12. Mr J. H. Thomas referred, in a speech at Newport (Monmouth) to the improvement in the situation in recrard to the miners’ claim for an increase in wages, following the meeting on Thursday between representatives of the Central Mining Association and the Mineworkers’ Federation. He said that in his long experience as leader in the Trades Union movement he did not remember an occasion when a tribute to the men’s leaders had been more justified. It was a case where the men, knowing the strength of thei cause and the great difficulties they had to face, were determined to show that they were not unmindful ot their, obligations to the nation. The miners leaders correctly interpreted the minds of the people, and the courage shown by the coal-owners was equally deserving of praise. In the meantime the owners, negotiations with large-scale co " 9ume ™ continue, and it is reported that the Metropolitan Borough Council has agreed to pay Is a ton extra on coal already con,tracts for.—British ficial Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 77, 13 January 1936, Page 5
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