2 OCTOBER 1920, page 1

When The Prime Minister On Friday Morning Inquired Into The

effect produced by his letter, he learned from Mr. Smillie that the miners' delegates had not discussed the Government's proposals seriously. Possibly the executive did not......

Meanwhile The Prime Minister Had, On Thursday Week, Rcn; Mr.

Smillie a letter to explain, even more clearly than before, his plan for increasing wages if the output of coal were increaser. He suggested that, if the output reached x tons,......

In These Circumstances We Must Appeal Again To The Govern-

ment to remain perfectly firm on that point in the interests of the miners themselves as well as in the interests of the whole community. We are sure that the coal-owners, on......

The Miners' Delegates On Thursday Week Decided, By A...

of three to two, not to accept the Government's proposals for a settlement nor to refer them to the miners at another allot. It is alleged that Mr. Smillie for once took the......

What Happened At The Meeting Of The Coal-owners And The

miners' representatives was that the owners submitted a scheme for the regulation of wages based upon output. The scheme was rejected by the miners. The miners' representatives......

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News Of The Week

T HE coal negotiations have again become critical when we write on Thursday. If there are any reasons for hope they lie in the fact that most of the workers, if not most of the......

But If, On The Other Hand, As We Believe To

be the case, the miners are refusing the offer of very substantially higher wages because they are unwilling to guarantee more coal, the Government cannot possibly give way......

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