IN BRITAIN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1623, 28 April 1919, Page 8

IN BRITAIN.

COAL COMMISSION. By CM( —7Vr»» A**ociaiion — Copyright. Awl ration aud 5.7.. Cable Association. (Hoc. April 28, !U»i LONDON, April 23. There was a heated scene at the Coal Commission when Mr Smillie, Sir Leo Chiozza-Money, and others representing the miners threatened to withdraw as a protest against Mr I.v-lic Scott intervening on behalf of the royalty owners. Subsequently Mr Justice Sankey agreed to Mr Smillie's proposal to subrxrna Lords Bute, Dunravcn, Northumberland, Durham, Londonderry, and others in order to examine titles and investigate the incomes from the royalties. The objection was raised that it would require a pantechnicon to carry Lord Durham's titles.