BRITISH COAL DISPUTE

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1926, Page 9

BRITISH COAL DISPUTE

EMERGENCY REGULATIONS EARLY WITHDRAWAL LIKELY DISCUSSION IN COMMONS By Telegraph—Tress Assn.—Copyright. Loudon, Nov. ‘26. In the House of Commons, in moving the continuance of the emergency regulations for the month, Sir W. JoynsonHicks, Home Secretary, said he hoped it would be possible to revoke them in a fortnight. Meantime the chief constables would not ban meetings; if a ban were necessary it would be on the Home Secretary’s responsibility. The Labourites appealed to the Ministry instantly to withdraw the regulations as a graceful gesture. The debate was adjourned. Received Nov. 28, 11.5 p.m. London, Nov. 28. Subsequently Mr. Cook, in an interview, admitted that there had been a retreat and that the Miners’ Federation had lost ground, but the federation would regain it very shortly by using the industrial political machine. MINERS’ DELEGATES MEET. DISTRICT TERMS TO STAND. Received Nov. 28, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 27. The miners’ delegates met to consider the district settlements, but adjourned with no date fixed for resuming. The Daily Herald admits that the Miners’ Federation has practically ceased to attempt to supervise the district negotiations. Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the federation, speaking at the conference, complained that the owners in Somerset, Kent, Gloucestershire and Leicestershire were refusing to meet the miners. Others Were imposing terms fatal to future peace. An indication of the real result of the meeting, however, was the delegates’ telegraphing to the districts to resume work as soon as the settlements were endorsed by the men. In the meantime the Lancashire and Chesire owners’ and miners’ representatives have agreed to terms, including a three years’ truce, an eight hours’ day, and a continuation of the April wages.