COAL COMMISSION.
STATE OWNERSHIP AND
STRIKES
LONDON, May 16. (Delayed). — The Hon. C. J. Wade, in giving evidence at the Coal Commission, said the Railway Board in New South Wales had reduced the dangers of State ownerships of the railways to a minimum. The Labour Govehiment of New South Wales had never attempted to nationalise coal, despite the miners' demands. There was no stimulus to economy or reduction in the excessive staffs. State ownership encourages the bureaucracy in its desire t') avoid responsibility, and encourages laziness among the miners. All coal, after lenving the pit-head, should be controlled, but tlfts can be accomplished without the nationalisation of the whole industry, and miners should be represented at the tribunal for fixing wages and conditions of labour, but it.would be dangerous to discipline if the management was shared with the miners. He was certain that State ownership would never prevent strikes. This waa proved by the Victorian coal mines, the New South Wales railways, the Commonwealth shipbuilding, and the New Zealand coal mines.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17583, 29 May 1919, Page 9
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171COAL COMMISSION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17583, 29 May 1919, Page 9
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