27 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 2

The miners are rushing back to work before dist settlements

have been signed or even framed. Wednesday more than 420,000 men were at no Nottinghamshire has broken entirely away from t Federation and has signed an agreement on its o account which is to last five years. There is no do that a period of relative prosperity, which may for many months, is opening in the coal, industry. causes of this are, of course, artificial, but that does alter the fact that the colliery owners will be able pay in most districts very satisfactory wages. The o thing to hope for now, after all these deplorable humiliating experiences, for which by far the greater of the blame must be laid upon the miners' leadershi is that a new spirit of co-operation will appear.

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