AUSTRALIAN COAL
DIMINISHED OUTPUT
DRASTIC ACTION CONTEMPLATED
(ONITIH PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPImOBI.) (Received March 18, 10 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. Despite the Mines Department statistics, the coalowners contend that the rate of output has diminished, and strikes are frequent and without cause. Since January there has been an average of ten strikes weekly, involving lose m production of a hundred thousand tons. A comparison of the Department's statistics for 1913 and 1920 showe the output in 1913 as 10,414,000 tons, the employees 18,843, the average per man below 799 tons, and the average below and abo^e 623 tons. The 1920 output was 10,716,----000, employees 19,965, average below 761 tons, and below and above 538 tons. During the war the output diminished through the collieries not working full time. Unless some change is brought about, it is suggested thai the owners contemplate laying all the mines idle till they are assured the miners will work regularly and honestly.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 66, 18 March 1921, Page 7
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155AUSTRALIAN COAL Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 66, 18 March 1921, Page 7
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