GRIMETHORPE STRIKE

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25304, 2 October 1947, Page 7

GRIMETHORPE STRIKE

REPORT OF INQUIRY COMMITTEE (Rec, 9 p,m.) LONDON, October 1. ’‘The three-man committee, includvestigate the Grimethorpe strike, which eventually involved half the South Yorkshire coalfield and cost the nation about 600,000 tons of coal, has reported that the men had a genuine grievance but that it did not justify strike action,” says the industrial correspondent of the “Daily Express.” “The committee said that the decisiqn to increase by two feet the area of coal face to be worked by each shift, against which the Grimethorpe men struck, was taken at some coal faces without sufficient investigaThe report will go first to the Grime,thorpe men and then tp all branches of the National Union of Mineworkers. A meeting will be called at Griipethorpe to consider the report as soon as it has been fully discussed by tfie men. SCOTTISH MINERS GO BACK TO WORK LONDON. Sept. 3Q. The 13,000 miners whose dispute last week immobilised ,43 Scottish ies have resumed work on the under?standing that their claim for a wages increase would receive immediate attention. “POWERLESS” DAY FOR INDUSTRIES BRITISH FUEL ECONOMY PLANji LONDON, Sept. 30. Midlands industries are to observe one “powerless” day weekly during the winter in order to reduce electricity and fuel consumption., Ou such days 7 only urgent loading and unloading and other essential operations will be permitted. In London and tfie south-eastern dish tr|ct a different system is tp be observed. ' There will be no powerless day, but there will be a staggering of consumption so that peak loads are reduced. This will entail a considerable increase in night work and an alteration in shift arrangements. BAN ON HEATING FOR RESIDENCES ENDS # (Rec. 7 p.nu) LONDON, September 30. The British Ministry of Fuel has announced that the ban on the use of fuel for space heating in residential premises ends to-day, but the ban on the heating of offices, factories, and shpps continues till October 31 unless the weather makes ap earlier relaxation necessary. ECONOMIC POLICY IN BRITAIN VIEWS OF INDUSTRIES FEDERATION (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 30. The British Government’s policy fo counteract inflation now coincided in many respects lyith thp federation’s views, which had been placed before Ministers at a recent meeting, said Sir Norman Kipping, Director-General of the Federation of British Industries. The appointment qf Sir Stafford Cripps as Minister of Economic Affairs would encourage the establishment ef a consistent economic BQlfcy to replace the disjointed, piecemeal situation which previously existed. STOCK MARKET DULL IN LONDON LIKELIHOOD OF AUTUMN BUDGET (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 1. “The City’s main concern is the likelihood of an autumn Budget,” says Reuters financial correspondent. M Until industry knows what new taxation burdens it may have to bear it is impossible fqr stock market operators to gauge prospects. “Meanwhile, dealers report the slackest conditions for a considerable period. Qjlhedgeda are the only section reap? mg any benefit frrn the present, ket situation, as pile money is being -placed there for safekeeping tor the time being. “Industrials hold a very steady epurge, but in other directions the limited business being put through i§ resulting in dull conditions and a lower price trend.”

Second of Quadruplets Dies.— A. second of tfle Bradford quadruplets, named Joyce, died to-day .—London, September 30.