BRITAIN'S COAL OUTPUT
ONLY SLIGHT REDUCTION, j UNDER SEVEN-HOUR SYSTEM. PRICE MAY BE REDUCED. (Ey Cable. —rrcss Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, October 21. The "Lnbour 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 I weekly output under the seven-hour day j averaged 4,457,321 tons, representing a ] IH per cent reduetiou compared with the I earlier normal periods tinder the eight-1 hour day. | It is pointed out that the experts of; the Coal Commissi.>n predicted a tlrop of 12* per cent, even Mr Justice Sankey and Mr. Redmayne, after allowing for possible improvements in methods and appliances, estimated a fall of 10 per cent. There is some likelihood of a revision of the (1/ a ton increase if the returns continue favourable, as the Board of Trade based the increase on a 10 per cent reduction in the output.- (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 251, 22 October 1919, Page 7
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