27 FEBRUARY 1953, page 3

Pit By Pit

The central operation in the new campaign to improve coal production is to be a systematic examination, pit by pit, of the reasons for the present failure to reach either a......

At Westminster

T HE Chancellor of the Exchequer is on top of his job. Mr. Butler himself told the House so on Tuesday and it is comforting to have the assurance, for the Chancellor and the......

Double Shift

Double day shift working, which was advocated by the Minister of Labour at a conference held by the Cotton Board last week-end, may well be extended. The more progressive......

Skeletons Out Of Cupboards

The Government's decision to use the Coronation as an occa- sion for granting a general amnesty to men who deserted from the armed services during th% last war is a sensible......