AUSTRALIAN COAL INDUSTRY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21122, 24 March 1934, Page 13

AUSTRALIAN COAL INDUSTRY

«, STRAH.IIT TALK TO MINERS I (Received March 23. 11.35 p.in.l SYDNEY. March 23. ; Replying to a coal-miners' depu- | tation to-day, Senator A. J. Mc* Lachlan, Minister in charge of M;r.- ! liifj Development, said: •"There is I no use in your cherishing the de- | lusion that there will be a revival ;of the coal industry. Most of you I must cast about for other means <■£ ' livelihood. Hydrogenation. or any other process, will not compieteh" solve the unemployment problem on the coalfields."' IJe added: "If Australia is to produce oil from coal it must look to ; the hydrogenation process and abandon any ideas about low tempt: a- | ture carbonisation." | NEW ZEALAND AIR ! MAIL < Mli I L.M TO LEAVE ON .\I'RIL 7 I _____ ; SYDNEY. March 23. [ It is announced that the first air I mail from Australia to New Zea- : land leaves on April 7 in Mr C. ; T. Ulm's aeroplane. Faith in Aus- ! ti alia. ; According to present plans the < aeroplane will remain only one da}* j in New Zealand. I N.Z. STAMPS FOR MAIL ! : SALE IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE (Received March 23. 7.55 p.m.) i SYDNEY, March 23. i The New Zealand Government re--1 presentative has arranged for a supI ply of New Zealand postage stamps for Sydney and Melbourne for use

' on Mr Ulm's April air mail. These i can be purchased at the New Zea- | land Government offices, and when ! attached to letters with the neces- ' sarv Australian postage they will ensure their return to the Australian senders without surcharge in New Zealand. This is the first time New Zealand stamps have been sold in Australia. THE CENTENARY AIR RACE I I J-NTKV FROM HOLLAND I THE HAGUE. March 22. 1 The Dutch Ministry of Defence 1* entering a Pander Postjager monoplane for the Melbourne centenary air race. This machine, a high-speed mailcarrier. recently flew to Batavia ' and back in an unsuccessful attempt to break the record. It hps t three 42U horse-power Wright ! Whirlwind engines, and a maximum ! speed of 223 miles an hour, with • a cruising speed of 186 miles an ' hour. i FLIGHT TO MELBOURNE ! I ltl'BJN LEAVES MARSEILLES i (Received March 23. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON. March 23. 1 Messrs Rubm and Walter, who : are making a flight to Melbourne, : arrived at Marseilles and left later : for Cannes i KALCOOKUK TROUBLES ! THREE MEN CONVICTED ! ! (Received March 23. 5.5 p.m.) PERTH. March 23. George Benbow was convicted for participating in an unlawful | assembly. Albert Gcale and Gus- ; lave Nictteki. for taking part in a j riot tim ing the Kalgonr'.io trouble.', i w ere rcmandvd lor sentence.