NEWCASTLE COAL.
ITS EFFECT HERB .- . (bt ratra&.u'i—rnSaS association.) t f ( . ■ Aupklaod,. April-30 ■ , Reference was. made to the competition ol Newcastle oaaT during .tho. hearing .of ! itlio v dispute botween tlio Kinpaka Minors' Union and the Non/hono.. 'Coal , Company -to-day.' ■' Mr. W. D. Eolga&e, managing (fireoter of'-. v the Northern _ Ooal" Company, said that tire . company, having' ihereased the .wages of the . men, liad been obliged to put up the pdoei of oail. • , v . '.This nrast stop now," he said, "on ao- . count of tho largo shipments <rf Nowoastlo coal, viiich oould bo sold bore at ahout tho ~ same price as local coal." . Tho speaker went on 1 to »jr' Dhat within 'the last .week' . four < vessels had left Newcastle, coal - kdon,• ami' bound for AucWand. 'Unfortunately theio was no protective tariff, and this port was , , : becoming » dumping ground for Newcastle , coal. "
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 6
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141NEWCASTLE COAL. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 6
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