GREAT SCARCITY OF COAL IN BRITAIN

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7675, 21 April 1921, Page 3

GREAT SCARCITY OF COAL IN BRITAIN

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... Pre*. association - f'onvriifl. g» Tele«f >l 1 ■ « 7 Cable Association Aa9tr« ,ar a " n Rcc April 21, morning Re London, April IQ The coal scarcity is increasing ..hire are long queues in front nhe offices where householders ° trvine tu secure permits to ar + half a hundredweight of coal £eklv Many p,aces arr un Sto allow even this not an nrp being for sale. Residents with gas stoves are being refu:ed permits to buy coal.

-OWNERS READY TO DISCUSS WAGES QUESTION

London, April 19 Reolving to the Miners Federation Se Coalowners Negotiating rnmmittee announce that they s”“epared to fully discuss tLs with the miners, but not to Sp all the suggested wages lie without discussion. It is understood that the owners are of “e opinion that Mr Hodge's prolal lora tonnage levy is enB to careful examination.

mining field like klondyke

Rec April 21, 8.55 a,m London, April 20

Glasgow has only a thousand tons of coal. It is expected that no coal will be available for house holders next week. Morpeth has become like Klondyke. Thousands of miners and women armed with picks and shovels, have tak n possession of the old mine works. lhe> have tunnelled twenty feet uncl ® r the river and made valuable hauls of coal, from which some miners made £6 per day. La dy Carlisle has forgone royalty rights and given the miners a free hand.