LABOUR QUESTIONS.
CONFERENCE OF COLLIERY OWNERS.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Coprrijrht. Newcastle, December 8. The Mayor presided at a Conference of colliery owners to discuss means to improve the coal trade. Four of the largest owners were not represented, which is taken as an indication that they are not in sympathy with the movement. Several members strongly supported the re-establishment of the vend system and pooling profits, with a coal office at Newcastle to regulate the classification and price of coal. It was stated that the system worked so well in the southern colliery districts that when the present agreement ran out at the end of the year it was sure to be renewed. On the other hand complaints were made that when the Proprietors' Association previously existed in Newcastle many members of it, by granting rebates and allowing discount, rendered it practically non-effective by undercutting, and placed those who observed the true spirit of tha agreement at a great disadvantage. The Conference appointed a Committee to enquire into methods of improving the trade vend and pooling system, also to try and induce the owners at present standing aloof to join the movement, and report to a future meeting.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9284, 9 December 1895, Page 6
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