A SAD AFTERMATH

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 6 July 1921, Page 8

A SAD AFTERMATH

MANY MINERS OUT OF WORK

MONTHS MUST ELAPSE BEFORE

NORMALITY RETURNS.

BY CABLE— PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT

Received July 6, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, July 5. A disconcerting aftermath of tlhe coal strike is rapidly developing. When the industry was under control all collieries were overstaffed to the extent of 110,000. It is now estimated that between 100,000 and 150,000 become surplus. Pcobably 60 per cent, of tne normal workers will be absorbed at the end of July, but three months .will elapse before all the workable mines will be in proper order. Some of the pits must be abandoned and others will be reshafted. In many cases the electrical pumps are ruined, for* which large new capital will be imperative. The general outlook is unhappy for employer and employed alike.