News Of The Week.
A S we write on Thursday morning, the coal strike announced for Monday is still a grave threat, but not a certainty. The firmness and moderation shown by the Government in their......
Mr. Smillie Went On To Say That He Should Be
bound to Wiviril the delegate conference to declare a strike. He resented Sir Robert Home's summing up of his statements as equivalent to saying, " Nothing is going to be done......
Mr. Smillie In Reply Made A Rambling Speech About The
griev- ances of the poor miner and accused the newspapers of hound- ing the Government on straight into an industrial dispute." He admitted incidentally that the Government......
When Mr. Smillie And His Colleagues, At Their Own Request,
met Sir Robert Horne on Thursday week, they virtually withdrew their " indivisible demand " for higher wages and lower prices, and insisted solely on an increase of wages by two......
Sir Robert Horne In Reply Welcomed Mr. Smillie's Decision To
abandon the claim to fix coal prices, but he declined to delegate the duty to a special committee, any more than to the Miners' Federation. The Government had no intention of......
On Monday Sir Robert Home, Whose Patienco And Courtesy Have
been as commendable as his firmness, made it clear to Mr. Smillie and his colleagues that the Government's offer was twofold. First, the demand for two shillings a day should be......
When The Miners' Leaders Returned To The Board Of Trade
on Friday, Sir Robert Home made it clear that the Government would refer the dispute about the increase of two shillings a day to an impartial court. If the miners' leaders were......
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