THE BRITISH GOAL PROBLEM.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16045, 9 February 1920, Page 5

THE BRITISH GOAL PROBLEM.

THE NATIONALISATION PROPOSAL. GOVERNMENT STILL OPPOSED. (Aus- & N.Z. Cable Assn. Reuter.) Received February 9, 12.30 a.m. LONDON, Peb. 7. The demand for the nationalisation of the mines was discussed at a conference' between Mr Lloyd George and the Parliamentary Committee of Trades Union Congress and the executive of the Miners’ Federation. It will be remembered that the Trades Union Congress, held at Glasgow, resolved that “in the event of the Government still refusing to put in force the principle of nationalisation, a special congress shall be convened to decide what form of action shall be taken to compel the Government to accept the principle.” The discussion at to-day’s conference lasted an hour and a half. The discussion was private, hut it is stated Mr Lloyd George indicated that the views of himself and the Government were Unchanged, but that, in the scheme of coal control, which Was being prepared, there was a possibility of reconsideration of certain points.