BRITISH COAL TRADE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19532, 15 July 1925, Page 7

BRITISH COAL TRADE

A COURT OF INQUIRY. APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT. Pr»»s Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. > " LONDON, July 15. , The Government has announced that it is establishing a Court of Inquiry into the coal crisis.—Reuter. . VIEWS OF THE MINERS. ’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS INQUIRY. • LONDON, July 13. i (Received July 14, at 5.5 p.m.) The coal-miners’ attitude towards the * proposed inquiry lias not yet been determined. The executive has been in session at Scarborough all day and has ‘ telegraphed the Ministry lor further par- > ticulars, especially on the point whether > the ownere’ termination of the agreement is withdrawn. The executive will an--1 nounce its decision to-morrow. In the meanwhile the South Wales owners have announced the termination of the agreement and have intimated that the pits will be opened on August 1 on terms to be announced, later. They add that the decision in no respect constitutes a lock-out. The Exchange Telegraph Agency, summarising the views of the miners says: “South Wales is hostile to an inquiry. The‘midlands, including Nottinghamshire, Derby, and Leicestershire, favour the avoidance of a strike. Lancashire is uncertain and Yorkshire will probably follow Air Herbert Smith.”—A. and N.Z. Cable. * COURT OF INQUIRY. I PERSONNEL ANNOUNCED. - LONDON, July 14. i (Received July 14, at 9 p.m.) I Speaking in the House of Commons tonight, Mr Stanley Baldwin announced that - the Court of Inquiry into the coal-raining 1 dispute would consist of Mr H. P. Mac--3 miflan, P.C., Mr W. Sherwood, and Sir ■ Josiah Stamp. Mr Sherwood is the official 5 negotiator for the National Union of t General Workers. He is an authority on 1 the labour conciliation question.—Reuter. i ‘ 1 MEN IMPOSE CONDITIONS. ’ LONDON, July 13. (Received July 14, at '(.30 p.m.) The miners’ executive has decided to withhold the recommendation of the delegates’ conference to accept the coal-mining inquiry until it receives a reply from Mr Bndgeman assuring it that the owners suspend or withdraw their proposals and their notice to terminate the present agreement if the miners co-operate in the m--1 quiry.—'Reuter. i ; SOVIET ENTERPRISE. , —i — BID FOB EUROPEAN TRADE. a ' LONDON, July 13. (Received July 14, at 5.5 p.m.) A sidelight on the coal depression was shown by Air A. M. Samuel (Under--1 Secretary to the Board of Trade) in repiye ing to a question in the House of Com--9 mens. He said he was aware that Russia b was pushing her coal trade in Italy and a other Mediterranean markets at what he j believed were unremunerative prices. i