THE COAL STRIKE
DECISION TO INTERVENE. AUSTRALIAN TRADES COUNCIL, TO BRING PARTIES TOGETHER. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Emergency Committee of the Australian Council of Trades Unions decided to intervene in the coal dispute. Steps are being taken to bring the parties together again. LOSSES CAUSED BY STOPPAGE. DECLINE IN COAL EXPORTS. (Receive'd This Day, 1.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The losses resulting from the protracted strike is evidenced by the exports of coal from Newcastle for the three months ended March 31. These totalled 122,882 tons, valued at £146,472, compared with 623,606 tons, valued at £734,238 in the corresponding period of last year. liTe quantities exported' included: To Victoria 64,000 tons, compared with 261,000; to South Australia 22,000 and 180,000; and New Zealand 5000 and 55,000.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 155, 12 April 1930, Page 7
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