BRITISH COAL STRIKE
DELAYING NEW ZEALAND BUILDING Dominion Special. Auckland, October 27. The serious effect of the strike of the British coal miners upon manufacturing industries of the Old Country is being felt in New Zealand, where the shortage of English steel is delaying building. Some English steel can be obtained, but only at very high prices, and it is manufactured with German coal. There are certain lines made only m England which are almost off the market. The strike has not only affected English steel, but has resulted in a rise in prices extending over the world markets. Canada is exporting steel to New Zealand, but since the strike there has been a rise of from 15s. to 17s. 6d. per ton, and there is a corresponding rise in American steel, and high prices will rule until the coal strike is settled and the industry restored. One instance of the effect in Auck-' land is the delay with the construction of the new block of buildings for the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows. Girder steel in considerable lengths is required, and there seems no hope of securing this material from Britain until the strike is ended. The steel could be obtained from America, but rather than support foreign industry it has been decided to await the end of the strike so that the order can go to the British industry.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 28, 28 October 1926, Page 12
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230BRITISH COAL STRIKE Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 28, 28 October 1926, Page 12
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