AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
I THE BUTTER SUPPLY By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Feb. 29. The Government is arranging for, an adequate winter Bupply of butter at a reasonable price. Details of the scheme are not divulged. COAL SHORTAGE SERIOUS. Sydney, Feb. 2!). The coal shortage is viewed seriously. A permit was refused an Allies' vessel to load at Newcastle for San Francisco, and representatives of' the Unions are proceeding to Melbourne to obtain a modification of the restrictions. AN OIL FAMINE. ■Sydney, Feb. 29. An oil famine is threatened owing to the wharf workers' refusal to handle cargoes and their demand for a higher rate. 367,000 cases are lying in vessels in the harbor and stoclcs'have been exhausted for a fortnight. The seriousness of the joesition was realised when the defence and naval departments were unable to ebtain supplies for lighting and lubricating. A quantity is required for re-shipnient to the Islands, where the production of oro for munitions lias been stopped owing to the strike,
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1916, Page 2
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164AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1916, Page 2
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