21 DECEMBER 1929, page 1

For Our Part We Hope That The Bill Will Proceed

to Committee. Although we 'admit its insufficiency, the main objeetive should be to get all brains to work on a more or less agreed measure. If the second reading should be......

It Will Be Remembered That The Bill Provides For Marketing,

the reduction of hours from eight to seven and a half, and a National Wages Board. The Central Marketing Council will control twenty-one district marketing schemes and allocate......

News Of The Week

The Coal Mines Bill. TUESDAY in the House of Commons was memorable for two speeches which displayed debating power at its highest. The speech of Mr. William Graham, who moved......

We May Pass Over The Speech Of Sir Philip Cunliffe-

Lister, who moved the Unionist motion of rejection, because it was insignificant compared with that of Sir Herbert Samuel. Sir Herbert's chief line of attack was that the Bill......

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He Went On To Say That He Had Been Accused

of deliber- ately increasing the price of coal, but the intention of his Bill was not to sell British coal abroad at a loss, but to help it to compete successfully in the......