MANY STARVING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 77, 30 March 1912, Page 5

MANY STARVING.

MUCH SICKNESS. ! RESULTS OF THE COAL STRIKE. RELIEF FUNDS. SHIPYARDS CLOSE DOWN. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received March 30, 9.10 a.m.) • LONDON, 29th March. From the Mayor's fund at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, are being fed 10,000 parsons Seven thousand others are receiving out-relief. Three thousand seven hundred children at Cardiff are being fed by charity. Many families are foodless, and there are numerous sick: The Lord Mayor of Manchester hat opened a fund. Great destitution exists at Stockport, Lancaster, Swinton, and Tyldesley. The Municipality of Glasgow haa voted £2000 -for local relief. William Doxford and Sons, shipbuilders, Sunderland, are closing thefr yards owing to lack of coal. This will render 3000 workers idle. STRIKE PAY. FUNDS GROWING LOW.' FEDERATION SECRETARY'S RECOMMMENDATION. FREE CHURCH , AND RELIEF. (Received March 30, 9.15 a.m.) liONDON, 29th March. The Miners 1 Unions have disbursed £1,043,250 in strike pay. They still hold securities nominally of the value ol £950,900, and^ mostly belonging to Durham. Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Nottingham. The funds of the North Wales, Warwickshire, Cumberland,. Somerset, and Bristol unions are exhausted. Mr,. Ashton, secretary of the Miners' Federation, recommend/; resumption of work. The National Free .Church Council Is organising a relief committee in every district. Collections will be taken up on Good Friday and Eaeter Sunday. Unemployed returns disclose the fact that the strike has not caused abnormal distress in London, BILL IN THE LORDS. THIRD "READING. AN AMENDMENT~NOT PROCEEDED WITH. LONDON, 29th March. The Minimum Wage Bill has been read a third! tirtie in the House of Lords. The Government did not proceed with the proposed amendment, which was intended to mure clearly define the meaning of the phrase "average, daily rate of wages." Lord" Cr«we, Secretary of State for India, and Leader of the House, explained that the proposed amendment was unimportant, but the miners were suspicious of any change favouring the owners. The \ amendment had therefore been abandoned. Lord Lansdowne, Leader of the Opposition in the House of. Lords, protested against this being done. ■ • ROYAL ASSENT. MINIMUM "WAGE BILL. PRIME MINISTER CRITICISED; " EXTREMELY • WEAK AND ERRATIC." MANY MINERS RESUME WORK. (Received March 30, 9* a.m.) LONDON, 29th March. The"Minimum Wage Bill has received the Royal Assent. Mr. J. Pointer, the Labour Party's Junior Whip, says the Premier was extremely weak and erratic during the negotiations for a eettlement of the strike, and constantly blundered, but all the blunders were inimical to the Tinners' interests. He feared a combination, of Conservatives and rich Liberals against him, and thus Labour was left in the cold. Mr. T. Richards, Labour M.P. and general eecretaxy of the South Wales Miners' Federation, says he is convinced that a large majority of the miners in South Wales will vote for a resumption of work. The treasurer of the South Wales Federation expresses regret that the National Federation will not give some lead on the l'ecommendation regarding the ballot at thisi most critical stage. The miners at Brynn-Kinallt passed a resolution in favour of abandoning foolish loyalty to men who are much better off than themselves. Two thousand men in North. Warwickshire have resumed work. Large numbers in Lanarkshire have also resumed. They stipulate that they shall be paid to-morrow, because they are starving. "VICTORY FOR THE WEN." PROSPECTS OF THE BALLOT: MILITARY AT~CHntK, WALES. SOBERING EFFECT. LONDON, 29th March. The miners' leaders have returned to the colliery districts. They describe the Coal Mines Bill as a victory for the, men. The prospects for the ballot to be taken next week are favourable, though a strong body of South Wales miners are opposed to the resumption of work. The presence of. the military at Chirk (Wales) has exercised a sobering influence, and all pits are working. The police were stoned at Mexborough and retaliated "by making a baton, charge. Other disturbances occurred at Walsall, Staffordshire, where two thousand Cannock Chaee strikers compelled the Bloxwich colliery to cease work. NEW SOUTH WALES GIFT, MINERS' FEDERATION SECRETARY. ADVISES THE ME~N TO RESUME. (Received March 30, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 29th March. Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-Generai for JJew South Wales, is arranging to distribute the New South "Wales gift of £1000 worth of food in "the Potteries" district, where many aro on the verge of starvation. Importers are supplying the produce required at cost price. My. Ashton, secretary of the Miners* Federation, has issued a personal manifesto, advising tho miners to vote for resumption of Kprk. He sxplajae that

his action is timely, because some of the leaders of the federation have been advising the men not to resume. , NOT A SURRENDER. BALLOT AT CHIRK. TWO TO ONE IN FAVOUR. OF ' RESUMPTION. (Received March 30, 10 a.m ) LONDON, 29th March. Mr. V. Hartshorn,, a Glamorgan Labour leader, speaking"" rat Maeßteg, Wales, eaid that if the men returned to work they would not surrender, but rely on a test of what flhey had won. About ten thousand men have l'esumed in various districts.* The ballot has been completed .at Chirk. It gave over two to ono in favour of resumption. MINERS' STRIKE FUNDS. OVER TWO MILLION POUNDS. In the absence of official information (said The Times on the 19th of last month) it is difficult to ascertain precisely the extent of the miners' funds available for strike pay,, but the following table has been, compiled by a correspondent from a number of independent sources :—: —

UNITED CHILDREN'S SERVICES IN DUNEDIN. , [bt telegbafh.— fbess association.] DUNEDIN, This Day. United children's services are to be held in the various city churches tomorrow; , when collections will be taken up to aid the starving children in England.

District. M b rsmp. k>uth* Wales 130,000 : )urham ... .:. 100,000 ' forkehiro - 80,000 < icotland ... ' ... 75,000 ! lancashire and Cheshire 55,000 Northumberland ... 35,000 Midland Federation ..., 32,000 )arbyehire ; 30,000 < fotts 30,000 1 forth Walea 9,500 )loveland 9,500 Jumberland ...■ ... 5,500 • jeicest-erfihir© .. v ... 5,500 iomereet ...' ... 4,000 iouth 'Derbyshire .:. 3,000 forest of Dean ... 3,000 Bristol ... ... 2,000 .Funds. £ 150,000 430,000 400,000 250,000 89,000 80,000 75,000 400,000 220,000 10,000' 16,000 2,000 25,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 Total ... 610,0002,167,000