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IT would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of the Report of the Technical Advisory Committee on Coal Mining, presumably to be known as the Reid Report*. For almost a century, coal mining in Great Britain and its special aspects have been the subject of inquiry for royal commissions and departmental committees, and in the past few months much has been written on the reorganization of the industry. However, the Reid Report is without parallel. Seven distinguished mining engineers have examined the present lamentable position, and have set out in detail their proposals for the creation of a prosperous and efficient industry. Mr. Reid and his colleagues have expressed their views with complete frankness, and have criticized impartially mine-owner, mining engineer and workman. If ever the term 'blue-print' could be applied to a document, then this report is a blue-print for the post-war mining industry in Britain.
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HARTLEY, H. Coal Mining in Great Britain. Nature 155, 685–687 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155685a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155685a0