COAL MINES BILL
EIGHT HOURS ACT CRITICIZED. MOTION FOR REPEAL DEFEATED. London, March 23. In the House of Commons private members’ day was devoted to the Labourite, Mr Green all’s, Coal Mines Bill for the repeal of the Eight Hours Act, 1926. He contended that Mr Baldwin reduced tho miners standard of life below pre-war, yet it had not brought the promised prosperity in the industry. Mr. Lloyd George attacked the Government s handling of the coal stoppage and declared that the Eight Hours Act was costing £10,000,000 yearly in unemployment pay. as well as from £10,000,000 to £20.000,000 through the reduced price of coal. Mr. King, replying, said many of the coal industry’s ills were due to Mr Lloyd Georges methods of giving way to the miners in every dispute. The Eight Hours Act reduced the cost of production by 2/6 a ton and enabled many mines to keep going which otherwise would have had to close owing to foreign competition. The Bill was rejected by 154 to 127.—A and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20446, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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172COAL MINES BILL Southland Times, Issue 20446, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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