IN OTHER STATES.
MELBOURNE, November 18. Owing to the laying up of 20 steam colliers wnd other Inter-vState vessels, over 800 men are rendered idle, besides several hundred coal lumpers. Tho Union Company informed the Postmaster-General that it was impossible to get coal for the Moana at Brisbane, therefore she would have to go direct to New Zealand. The Department is enquiring into the matter. Tho steamers plying on the lakes are forced to us© wood for fuel. A firm in th© city is keeping its works going by using shavings from tho sawmills. -" As the result of the strike, it is reported that the Government has purchased the Coal Creek Company's mine. ADELAIDE, November 18. The Yalta and Parramatta mines havo been closed, owing to wmt of coal. Other industries are being seriously affected. HtOBART, November 18. Th© shipping service is being curtailed owing to the scarcity of coal.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12965, 19 November 1907, Page 7
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