When the House considered the Coal Commission Bill in Committee
on Tuesday, Mr. Brace moved that the Commission should report on miners wages and hours not later than March 12th. Mr. J. H. Thomas said that the minors, railway. men, and transport workers would act together, and that terrible things might happen if they decided to strike in unison. Mr. Lloyd George then intervened to say that, in Mr. Justice Sankey'e opinion, the Commission could not finish its work by March 12th, but that, if the minors would nominate some of the Commis- sioners, the Commission would report by March 20th. Mr, Brace was good enough to accept this compromise, and to hint that the minors would probably agree to defer their proposed strike beyond March 15th. The Bill was then read a third time, The House of Lords passed it on Wednesday.
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