BRITISH INDUSTRY HIT
Received Friday, 10.5 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 19. Tho critical position now facing British industry, is sliown by reports from industrial areas in the Midlands and the Binningh.nm electricity undertaking, says the Daily Telegraph 's industrial correspondent. Leaders fear that unless coal supplics can be increased witliin a few weeks, the shedding jf) f loads by electricity undertakings will cause a widespread closing of factories. The Leyland Motors iron foundry near Preston closed today for a fortnight and 600 workers were stpod off becausc of the exhaustion of coke stoeks.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 December 1946, Page 5
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