20 SEPTEMBER 1926
The Executive of the Miners’ Federation will meet to-day to consider the Government’s new offer for a settlement of the coal dispute. In a speech at the week-end, Mr Cook, the miners’ secretary, said that the situation had never been more critical. The Executive might come to the men with a recommendation they would not like, but it would be the best they could obtain in the circumstances. It is hoped in well-informed quarters that the Executive will accept the offer, but it is possible that the Executive may summon a delegate conference and allow it to decide.
In the North Cumberland by-election Captain F. Graham, the Unionist nominee, was returned with a majority of 1,396 over Mr R. D. Holt, Liberal.
In declaring open the Civil Service Sports Ground at Scotstoun, Glasgow, the Earl of Balfour remarked that games formed a great part of the public life of the people, and though he was not prepared to assert that games were never abused, he confidently believed they were one of the healthiest elements in our individual and public life.
The Earl of Balfour, speaking at the annual dinner of His Majesty’s Civil Service in Scotland, held in Glasgow, said the Civil Service ranked at least on an equality with the three great fighting Services — the Navy, the Army, and Flying Corps.
Many lives were lost in a hurricane disaster in West Florida.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York christened the new motor lifeboat the “John Russell” at Montrose. The lifeboat is the first of its kind in Scotland.