COAL ALLOCATIONS
CONSIDERABLE RISK TAKEN (11.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 1. The summer coal allocations to industry would equEl the amount used in the summer of 1946, said the President of the Board of Trade. Sir Stafford Cripps. in the House of Commons today. The Government, he said, was delibera'ely taking a considerable risk in maintr> ing supplies at this level. Firms would .<ave to build up a three weeks’ winter reserve from the summer deliveries. They would get a fixed winter allocation whether or not a reserve was held.. '
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22319, 2 May 1947, Page 6
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