PRICE OF COAL.
. . . • .-.; . » , ; , MINERS DEMAND INCREASE OE EIGHTPENCE. BY TEIJJGIUrH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRIOHT. Sydney, October 19. Tlie Northorn mining situation is again assuming a throatcning aspect, tho minors: demanding nn incrcaso of eightpenco instead of fourponco, as proposed under the intended rise in the price of coal to Us. per tein. ' i ■ ' ■ The recent rise in tlio selling pvico of coal from 10a. to 11s. per ton carried with it an increaso of ■Id;, in the. hewing rate. Assuming the ,same, proportionate rate 'of .incrcaso, a rise of • another ■!<!. in tho bowing rato would apparently' mean that tho consumer would pay 12s. per ton for liis coal. Tin's figure Ims boon freely predicted for somo time. '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 7
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114PRICE OF COAL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 7
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