BRITISH COAL CRISIS.
GOVERNMENT OFFERS SUBSIDY, RAILWAYMEN AND HANDLING OF COAL. Bv ’r,l.frr*pi_p r „. A.«ooi»tie>n—Copnifi* Au.tr.lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 28, 8.0 am) LONDON, April’27 At the conference between the miners f ud owners Sir R. S. Horne, Chancellor ot the Exchequer, on behalf of the Government, offered a contribution of £ooo,ooo monthly during the transition period, so that the reduction in wages should not exceed 3s 4d. Mr C. T. Cramp, General Industrial Secretary of the National Union of Railwavnien, announced after the Railwaymen’s Executive meeting, that no embargo would be placed on coal for hospitals, public utilities, or household use, but no coal would bo handled for commercial purposes.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16412, 28 April 1921, Page 7
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