COAL CRISIS
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT ACTION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z- Cable Association. MELBOURNE, May 1. (Received May 1, at 10.5 a.m.) Mr Watt, .Acting Prime Minister, has announced that; the Federal Government have decided to commandeer all the coal in the Commonwealth. This decision has been arrived at owing to the action of the New Sou'th Wales Government, and to the fact that a coal strike at the present time would paralyse industry in all the States except New .South Wales. This action will ensure 'the miners obtaining increased rates of pay. The regulation commandeering coal is being issued today.
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Evening Star, Issue 17032, 1 May 1919, Page 6
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101COAL CRISIS Evening Star, Issue 17032, 1 May 1919, Page 6
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