AMERICAN ITEMS
UTSTtIALIAX AND K.t. CABLE ASSOCIATION. Henry ford And coal. NEW YORK, Aug 28. !Mr Henry Ford states he would not buy coal to operate his plants, even if he could obtain it, beCaUse the railroads nud the mine-owners are in collusion to keep the price up. He sii.ys:“l hllye tried baulking them. They are directly responsible for my laying off my men and factories, but it was the only* thing 1 could do.’’ Air Ford denounces. the price. Seven to. nine dollars per ton at the •mine’s mouth, lie says, is outrageous.
CHINESE PIRACY. XEAV YORK. Aug 26.. Foreign gunboflts, including the American flagship Isabel, have been ordered to A'aiigze Gorge, to terminate banditry, and the setting fife to foreign merchantmen.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1922, Page 2
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