IRISH COAL MINES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNED EFFORT TO REDUCE BRITISH IMPORTS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. DUBLIN, September 12. (Received September 13, at 10 a.m.) With the object of reducing British coal imports the Free State Government is planning to develop the Aringa mines on the borders of Roscommon and Leitrim. Four French mining engineers are officially investigating the district’s mineral resources. BIG DROP IN TRADE WITH BRITAIN. LONDON, September 12. (Received September 13, at 11 a.m.) The Irish Free State exports to Britain for the eight months of 1932 and 1933 respectively were: Cattle £5,367,000 and £2,880,000; swine, £784,000 and £194,000; bacon. £426,000 and £803,000; butter, £978,000 and £906,000; eggs, £1,482,000 and £873,000. Britain’s exports to Ireland were similarly reduced. As an example: Coal, £1,147,000 and £565,000; wheat, meal, and flour, £949,000 and £165,000; sugar, £464,000 and £47,000; beer, £135,000 and £109,000.
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Evening Star, Issue 21515, 13 September 1933, Page 9
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140IRISH COAL MINES Evening Star, Issue 21515, 13 September 1933, Page 9
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