LATE CABLES

Evening Star, Issue 17394, 2 July 1920, Page 6

LATE CABLES

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_ , -LONDON/ Julv. 1. bS%k IS ne for the past qunrt " er was pis-7qH™', "? compared with for the previous corresponding quarter. ' In- the House of Commons, in moving thei second reading of the Mines Bill, Sir i j ~ Horne emphasised that there would be no nationalisation of the coal industry, but control by the State and committees on which workers would be represented. After August 31 the Minister will have power for a vear to regulate nit prices and wages and "the amount of the exports. After that date the National Board would lay down general principles, so that tho rates as far as possible shall be uniform throughont the country. Th*s wages will be based not on the selling price, but on profits. The Bill provides an annual levy for five vears of a penny per ton on coal, this producing £1,000.000 annually, which will be devoted to the social welfare of mining communities. Replying to a question, Mr Bonar Law said that the mandates regarding former German territories in Af'rha and the Pacific? were being drafted for consideration by the Supreme Council. Ho hoped that the mandates would be approved by the Spa Conference and submitted to the League of Nations shortly after.