COAL TARGET PASSED
DEEP MINING IN BRITAIN
DESPITE LESS MINERS EMPLOYED (N.Z.P.A. —Copyright) (Rec. 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 2. Britain’s deep-mined coal target of 202,000,000 tons in 1949 has been passed, iV{r Hugh GaitsheU (Minister of Fuel and Power) disclosed to-day in his New Year , message to the coal industry. This has been done, he said, despite a drop of 16,000 in the number of miners. The overall target of 215,000,000 tons for both deep-mined and open-cut coal is also expected to be passed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 69, 3 January 1950, Page 5
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