Meanwhile A Threatening Complication Had Been Introduced...
of the National Union of Railwaymen not to handle coal from the colliery and railway sidings. Sir Erie Geddes, Minister of Transport, informed the House of Commons on Tuesday......
News Of The Week
HE prospects of a settlement with the miners are considerably T better, when we write on Thursday, than they have been for some time past. The dispute seems to have narrowed......
Sir Robert Home Next Proposed That The Flat Reduction For
May should be 3s. per shift, and that the subsequent reduction should depend upon economic conditions. The Government subsidy would in any case be limited to a definite amount,......
The German Government Last Week Asked President Harding " To
act as mediator in the question of reparations and to fix the sum to be paid by Germany to the Allied Powers." They promised to do whatever he thought fit to ask of them. The......
Even If The Strike Should End Within A Few Days,
or even hours, the terrible fact will be evident that fewer miners will be employed after the strike than before it. You cannot destroy property and allow plant to rot away and......
To Return To The Negotiations Between The Owners And The
miners. On Tuesday the miners agreed provisionally to a 2s. flat reduction in wages equivalent to £30,000,000 a year, and demanded thei the Exchequer should contribute the •......
Mr. Chamberlain Pointed Out That The Unprecedented Action...
the mines to flood was actually disapproved of by the Parliamentary Labour Party. But Mr. Clynes had laid it down that the duty of a Labour leader was not to act as an autocrat......
To Our Readers.
Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly should become yearly subscribers. The yearly subscription, including Postage to any address......
