COAL INDUSTRY.
ESSENTIAL FEATURE. REDUCTION OF WORKING COSTS. STATEMENT BY PREMIER. LONDON, Juno 10. In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Mr Baldwin said that he regretted he was unablo to dissent from the conclusion of the Coal Commission’s report that it would need years to bring into effect all the measures of reorganisation suggested, while in the meantime the present hard economic conditions had to be faced. The impending disaster would only be averted by the immediate reduction of working costs, by means of lower wages or longqr hours. Mr Baldwin added that he had heard of no alternative proposals that would meet the immediate situation, except that the taxpayer should resume the burden of maintaining the coal industry.—Reuter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 164, 12 June 1926, Page 9
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122COAL INDUSTRY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 164, 12 June 1926, Page 9
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