MINERS CONFER WITH MR BALDWIN UNTIL 1.30 IN MORNING.
Reuter’s Telegrams. LONDON, May 2. The meeting between the Prime Minister and members of the trade unions adjourned at 1.30 in the morning, after a five hours’ sitting. Mr Thomas, in an official announcement to the Press, did not reveal the subject matter of the discussion, but said the matter had been adjourned in the hope of further negotiations to-day. The Deputy Chief Civil Commissioner has issued restrictions regarding supplies of coal to private houses and industrial businesses, prohibiting the use of lights for display and advertisement, and enjoining the strictest economy in gas and electricity. Contravention of these directions are punishable by imprisonment or fine. Sir William Jovnson-llicks, responding to the toast of the Ministry at the Academy banquet, appealed to the commonsense and humanity of the people not to engage in internecine strife, but if it was to be an economic dispute he hoped it would not widen its borders to a political dispute. The Government would carry out with unflinching determination its obligations to preserve the life of the people, law and order, with, he believed, the assent and cooperation of all lo3'al men.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17836, 3 May 1926, Page 10
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196MINERS CONFER WITH MR BALDWIN UNTIL 1.30 IN MORNING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17836, 3 May 1926, Page 10
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