THE COAL CRISIS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19363, 21 July 1925, Page 5

THE COAL CRISIS

MR. THOMAS PLEADS OWNERS AS PROVOCATIVE AS MADMEN By Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Julv 20. 10.15 p.m. LONDON, July 19. Mr J. H. Thomas, speaking at Birmingham. pointed out that 21)0,000 unemployed miners would probably never be re-engaged in the mines owing to oil supplanting coal. He pleaded with the owners and men to confer to avoid a long and bitter struggle. The mining conditions were scandalous and the owners could not be more provocative if they had been madmen. COMPLETE HARMONY Received July 20, 8 p.m. LONDON, July 19. Mr Cramp, at Sheffield, referring to the industrial alliance, said: “There must be no repetition of Black Friday. There is no lath and plaster in the alliance, but there is complete harmony and joint working between the industrial unions. ’ ’ HOLD OUT TILL THE LAST GASP "CAPITALISM IS CRUMBLING.” Received Julv 20. 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 20. At Bromley, in tie course of a demonstration by locomotive engineers, Mr Matlock said “The capitalist system is crumbling before your eyes. It is in its death throes. Th<‘ capitalists have ruined Europe. They are not prepared to pay. It is necessary to stand firmly against, any reduction in wages. Hold'out to the last gasp.”—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association.