BRITISH COAL CRISIS.
HIGHER WAGES TO STOP. FEW COMPANIES MAKE PROFIT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 1, 8.5 p.m. London, Feb. 28. Official.—The wages advances to the coal miners under the November strike settlement are no longer payable, as, owing to the depression, the output is now only 17,650,0C0 tons, compared with 19,050,000 for the September quarter. Mr. Evan Williams, president of the Mining Association of Great Britain, speaking at a meeting of the South Wales Conciliation Board, said only sixteen companies out of one hundred and fifty made a profit in January. The pithead prices for coal at Cardiff were raised 5s to 10s, and the best house coal is now £2 13s i2d at the pithead.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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122BRITISH COAL CRISIS. Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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