EMERGENCY LAWS.
CONTINUATION CARRIED. ADJOURNMENT OF COMMONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Kecd. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 26. The debate on the motion to continue the emergency regulations in connection with the coal strike was concluded to-day in the House of Commons. Mr. A. A. Purcell, Labour member for Gloucester (Forest of Dean) said: "Itis a bestial Government acting as advance guard for the mineowners." He said he believed the Government desired to create disorder in order to call out troops and see if the soldiers would fire on their fellows. Several Labour amendments to the regulat ions were proopsed, but all were rejected. Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. Lane-Fox, I'arliamentary Secretary of Mines, pointed j out the difficulty of controlling coal prices. He said the country could not afford to j do without foreign coal. If the price of home coal were reduced by control there would soon he a serious shortage of foreign coal. Finally the motion to continue the regulations was carried by 166 votes to 66. The House then adjourned until November 9.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19470, 28 October 1926, Page 9
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