A STRUNG BASE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 July 1925, Page 3

A STRUNG BASE.

MINERS MAKE IT A WRONG CASE. ! BY REFUSING COURT OF INQUIRY. (Received Thursday, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. The “Daily Express,’’ in a strong edtiorial, says the miners made a mistake in refusing to participate in the Court of Inquiry, and says: “The miners have in reality a remarkably good case against the owners’ proposals and their cause therefore will only be gained by argument and publicity. It must be obvious that the owners’ claims do not err on the side of moderation. They are bound to give the first proofs of moderation, since it is they who are trying to effect a change, whereajs the men are defending a status 300,000 ALREADY IDLE. I STRIKE WOULD BE MOST INOPPORTUNE. i (Received Thursday, * 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. The “Daily Telegraph’’ points out that though the grave decision of the miners’ conference militates against an early 1 settlement, it should be noticed the men no longer insist, as a preliminary to negotiations, upon the withdrawal of the owners’ notices to terminate the old agreement; they only ask for the withdrawal of tin coal owners’ wage proposals. The “Telegraph” adds: “This may be the first step towards bringing the parties together. The miners’ leaders now expect the Government x and owhers to make the.next move. It stated in the lobby of the Commons that a movement in favour of a district settlement is'developing, Yorkshire and other districts being: against a strikeThree hundred thousand miners are already out of work- and haR of the rest are 'working half-time, so a strike is most inopportune. Thecal owners say that in any circumstances they will not withdraw the notices.. The withdrawal of the notices will merely mean another month’s notice to end the agreement. The miners' leaders, desire to postpone tho crisis until the colder weather. Hundreds of pits are only keeping open in the hope of a new agreement next month.