Mr. Cook and Mr, Herbert Smith, the Secretary and President spectively of the miners' Feder tion) embarked, however, upon "lightning tour of the Midland coalfields on Sunday in a desperate effort to prevent the miners from starting work, and though their threats. and vague talks of mysterious negotiations in London had little effect in Derbyshire, intimidation kept from the Nottinghamshire pits many men who had signed on, New The Coal Imports 100, inten poem concerning the supplies of coal now slete army Sea fated St dogs Raat the Ministry of Mines yesterday. They are:—The weekly output sent at the rate of 200,000 tons, whit etl ter ale one apa Rom Sed vow total over 900,000 tons a week, and since the stoppage began 6,- 60,000 tons have been brought in. in July the total quantity of coal imported had exceeded 1,200,000 tons. Since then the weekly arrivals have been:— is Total 5,457,000
In the meantime arrangements ore being made for the reassembly of Parliament on Monday—next when about 400 members are ex-{pected to return to Westminster to transact the business of renewing the Emergency Regulations, which will be moved by Sir William Joynson Hicks, the Home Secretary. The debate is likely to be marked by some lively incidents.
Little Acute Distress, becoming more and "more that there is little acute the mining areas, despite Mr. Ramsay Macdonald's let-hho stated that a strenuous fight"has een' made by the miners' -leaders gainst actual starvation, and that er long as the dispute lasts slowly. and cruelly distress of a heartrend-Ing Kind invades our homes." After Mr. Macdonald's letter had been made public Lord Londonderry teleleraphed to him. inviting him to come to Seaham (Durham), and! to verify or otherwise these statements, but Mr. Ramsay Macdonald replied stating that he was. not able to visit Seaham but that every. statement he had made was true. Lord Londonderry thereupon wrote to "The Times" saying:— ports "Flem all the coal-mining, di "Everyone mus the re-
Tricks i the country in which is Suthoritaively stated at, so far from Starvation, feed children between three and six years!
age are being fed, and "receive Tea or-cosoa, with plenty. feat as much as they require, For The fare is varied" and Fig Poadig wee end frat potatoe
caateat s they rare ike re is Rud and they Ghitdten under three years of Snd\ expectant end nutting. mothers unive dried mie and propered foods the welfare centres free of charge.
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