NEWCASTLE STRIKE.
LOSS OF £40,000. By Telograph—Press Association —Copyright Received 5.30 p.m., Jan 15. Sydney, Jan. 15. Since tho strike at Newcastle it is estimated the loss in the sale of coal and wages is about £40,000. DECREASE IN EXPORT OF COAL By Telegraph.—Press Association —Copyright Received 12.47 a.m., Jan 16. Sydney, Jan. 15. The coal exported from Newcastle last year was 2,951,000 tons, a decrease of 469,000 tons, and £289,000 in value, compared with the previous year. The decrease was all round. The export to New Zealand fell off 240,000 tons. The horses have been removed from tho Pelewain colliery, indicating a lengthened stoppage. So far 31 summonses for breach of the Btrike clause of the Arbitration Act have been issued, returnable on Wednesday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1355, 16 January 1905, Page 2
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