MOTHER COUNTRY.
THE COAL SUPPLY. - DECREASE LESS THAN EXPECTED, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrteht. London, October 21. The Labor Gazette reviews the coal output week by week since June, and shows that between August 23, when the coal strikes were over, and September 27, when the railway strike began, the weekly output under the 7hour day arrangement averaged 4,457,321 ton 3, representing 6% per cent reduction compared with earlier normal periods under the 8-hour day. It is pointed out that experts on the Coal Commission predicted a drop of 12} per cent., and even Sir John Sankey and Sir Richard Redmayne, after allowing for possible improvements in methods and appliances, estimated a fall of 10 per cent. There is some likelihood of the revision of the 6s a ton increase if the returns continue to be favorable, as the Board of Trade based the increase on a 10 per cent reduction.—Aus.-N.Z.. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1919, Page 5
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151MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1919, Page 5
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