BRITISH COAL INDUSTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18492, 6 February 1930, Page 9

BRITISH COAL INDUSTRY.

Labour’s New Proposals. COMPACT WITH LIBERALS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received February 5, 8.30 p.m.) RUGBY, February 4. The Government have come to an arrangement with the Liberal Party, whereby they have agreed to postpone consideration of Part I of the Coal Mines Bill, which deals with the marketing of coal, until the other sections of the Bill have been disposed of. It is in regard to the marketing proposals that there is opposition, while on the other sections, dealing with the hours of work, National Wages Board and amalgamations, there is substantial agreement on the Government and Liberal benches. The Government rely upon Liberal support to defeat the Conservative opposition to the Bill. Mr William Graham (president of the Board of Trade) announced the arrangement when the House of Commons went in committee on the Bill to-day. He said the Government attached the very greatest importance to Part I of the Bill, and they did r*-t yield one inch of it in its present form. One of the advantages of the postponement, however, would be that they could direct their minds to a further analysis of proposals, and do their best to reach an agreement with the Liberal views. The Conservatives opposed the procedure, which, however, was adopted.