Assistance Promised If Mem Will Only Put Forward a Reasonable Proposal London, Oct, 28, Speaking in his constituency, (Epping), Mr. Winston Churchill, the Chancellor of the "Exchequer, indicated to-day "that the Govern: ment were ready to give the miners a final chance, He said that if the miners were prepared to make a Proposal touching on the Zeal problems and difficulties the Government were bound to consider how, they could, help to carry it to success. The question was nob whether "the owners could be got to agree, but whether the minera would make a proposal with suggestions which tha Government could endorse and carry forward irrespective of the opinions of the owners.
The Government had offered ani arbitration court which could override the owners. The offer had been refused and the Government had had nothing more to say.
The Numbers. Working It is officially announced that 262,000 miners are working to-day, the smallness of the nett. increas being due to appreciable local creases attributed to the feeling engendered by the banning of Mr, A.J. Cook's meetings—Reuter,
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