London, Dec. 3.
A noteworthy development has taken place in the Derbyshire coalfields. At what is described as a representative meeting of the Miners' Association it was decided to form a new union for the county which shall be free from all political party connexions. The chief promoter of the new union is Mr. Spencer, Laboar ar.
consequence he has been repudiate ed by a resolution of the local Labour Party, but he in turn declares that this body is largely a communist organization outside th real feeling of, the constituency.
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