BRITISH COAL STRIKE
COOK PREPARED TO HAVE BALLOT OF MINERS TO DECIDE WHO SHOULD REPRESENT THEM By Telegraph.—Press Association. COPYRIGHT. (Rec. June 7, 8.5 p.m.) London, June 6. Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the British Miners’ Federation, in the course of a speech said he was prepared to have a ballot of the miners and their wives to see whether Cook and Smith or Hodges and Varley should represent them, provided that the Government accepted the result and work was’ started on Monday week. “If it is against me I will resign. Anybody who lengthens the struggle is a murderer. If there is a spark of humanity in the nation the miners will win, because only starvation will drive them back. If the crying of the children force the men to accept defeat it will be the dearest victory England has ever won. The decision on the owners’ offer of an informal meeting will be made on Monday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMANS DECLINE TO SELL COAL TO BRITAIN London, June 6. The “Daily Herald” states that German firms decline to sell coal to Britain, possibly because they are afraid of trouble with their own miners or because they prefer to* sell in the market usually held by Britain.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 216, 8 June 1926, Page 7
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