NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12528, 18 August 1926, Page 7

NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY

BRITISH COAL DEADLOCK MINERS’ CONFERENCE UNDECIDED AFTER STRENUOUS DEBATE By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Router’s Telegram. (Received August 17, 8.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 16. The miners’ delegate conference, after discussing the district voting on the bishops’ proposal for a settlement, adjourned without having reached a decision. Australian and N.Z Cable Association. It is understood that when the conference adjourned a motion had been proposed and seconded, and was under discussion, under which the executive would be authorised to enter into negotiations regarding wages, subject to a national agreement, a national minimum, and the maintenance of the seven-hour day. At the same time, says the “Daily Herald,” the delegates remained unconvinced that a wage reduction is justified. It is expected that a decision will be made which will result in a meeting between the Government, the miners and the owners. The “Daily Express” says that some of the delegates listened to Mr Cook’s lengthy harangues impatiently. Finally he lost his voice. All the leaders looked worn and weary after the debate, which lasted five hours. DRiFTINGBACK MANY MEN NOW AT WORK. (Reuter's Telegram.) Miners continue to drift back to work. At three Shropshire pits practically the whole complement has returned, and in various Nottingham,

Derbyshire, Warwickshire. Lanarkshire, and Cannock collieries nearly 20,000 men are engaged in the production of coal.