NEWS OF THE WEEK
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fER much unnecessary delay, which we trust will not have to be paid for in any highly incon- venient way, the two sides in the coal dispute have at last come to the point. The point is wages, about which the Prime Minister had said from the beginning that there;-must be a preliminary agreement between the owners .and the miners. --Directly-the Priine Minister had said that, wisdom required that a. wages proposal—no great matter what proposal, so long as it was a starting , point, of discussion—should be produced. as soon as possible : by the owners. The owners contented them- selves with a general tribute to the merits of the Com- missioners' Report and a promise sincerely to do their, \: best to put it into effect. That was excellent so far as :. it went, but it was not exactly what was wanted. * * * *
