COMMONWEALTH COAL
INCREASED PRICES AND "WAGES.
By Telegraph— Press b •Bociation— Copyright .-'—SYDNEY, Mbf 5.
Under the Commonwealth ■ proclamation, the increased pricey for coal, and 1 the increased-‘images for'miners operate from to-day— ’ "
(Received May -5,-TO.-0.-pim.) :: SYDNEY, -May
From to-day the price of NOTthern Districts coal will be. increased'^s”’9d per ton; Southern Districts, 2s Cd; ■Western, 2s 3(L_ w h dev mj.nely’,,,(gtl;erthan contratt^w6rkerS)v\vages . are increased 1-5 per cent., and tho adult wage for off-hand ’ employees will bo raised 2s 7d per day.
. EXISTING CONTRACTS NOT CANCELLED, (Received May 5, 10.5 p.m.-l v _ MELBOURNE, May 5. It ia officially explained that existing coal contracts..are-not-cancelled under the new regulations. They merely suspended thfi'bfdolnot to hamper the Government's administrative work. .. -...K i -
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10272, 6 May 1919, Page 5
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118COMMONWEALTH COAL New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10272, 6 May 1919, Page 5
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