THE PENRHYN QUARRIES
LONDON, April 28
In. the House of Commons Mr Asquith's motion that the Government's inaction in regard to the men at Bethesda (tue ex-employees in Lord Penrhyn's quarries, where trouble had so long existed arising out of the question, as to the power of an employer to carry on his business on his own terms) was reprehensible, and that it was the imperative duty of the Government to promptly intervene and secure a just and effectual settlement, was defeated by 316 to Id 2. Mr Gerald Balfour, replying to Mr Asquith, said that the Board of Tradei had no compulsory powers of interven-v tion, and that it was impossible for thd board to move to any useful purpose. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman tauntecj Mr Gerald Balfour with avoiding his duty. Mr Arthur Balfour (the Prime Minister) said that a Conciliation Act would be deprived of its real value if it werol made compulsory. He considered thai* Lord Penrhyn was right in resisting his men's claim to the controlling power o£ the management of the mines through} a quarry committee
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Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 6 May 1903, Page 15
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