THE COAL INDUSTRY
BRITAIN’S DIFFICULTIES DISCUSSION ON THE EIGHT HOURS ACT. & N.Z.) LONDON, March 23. In the House of Commons, private members’ day was devoted to the Labourite, Mr Grecnall ’s Coal Mines Bill for the repeal of the Eight Hours Act of 1926.
He contended that Mr Baldwin hadTeduced the miners’ standard of life below the pre-war standard, yet had not brought the promised prosperity in the industry.
Mr Lloyd George attacked the Gov ernment ’s handling of the coal stop-
page and declared that the Eight Hours Act was cost inng £10,000,000 a year in unemployment pay as well as £IO,OOO- - to £20,000,000 through the reduced £rice of coal. Captain H. D. King, replying, said that many of the coal industry’s ills were due to Mr Lloyd George’s methods of giving way to the miners in every dispute. The Eight Hours Act had reduced the cust of production by 2s 6d a ton and has enabled many mines to keep going which otherwise would have had to close owing to foreign competition.
The Bill was rejected by 154 votes « to 127.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20105, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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183THE COAL INDUSTRY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20105, 26 March 1928, Page 7
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