BRITAIN'S COAL OUTPUT.
REASONS FOR SHORTAGE. ' ! STATEMENT BY MINERS' HEAD. LONDON, August 24. ! Mr. Smillie, the miners' leader, denies i that the miners are responsible for the | decreased output of coal, which, he states. ! is due to the mine owners not developing j the mines dtirin;; the war. Ho believes j that the output will materially increase j soon owing to the present work of | development. The miners realise the ! nation's pressing need for a large output !of coal. | The "National News" states that the l eoii'on, woollen, lace, iron, and steel I trntlcs arc booming, despite the high ; price of coal. Many manufacturers are ; unable to execute new orders. The shares ;of cotton spinning companies have risen j rapidly during the past few weeks.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) ABSENT FROM WORK. * MILLIONS OF HOURS LOST. (Received 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, August 24. A total of 7,000,000 working hours 1 were lost in the South Wales coalfields during the twelve months ended in midJ\Uy. Of these 4,594,000 were due to avoidable absenteeism, 2,120,000 to uti- ' avoidable, and 658,000 to strikes.—(A. 1 and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 5
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