COAL INDUSTRY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 June 1923, Page 7

COAL INDUSTRY.

$ : — IMPORTATIONS TO AUSTRALIA SMUGGLE IN NEW SOUTH "WALES. BY CABIji—PEE3S ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT Received June 7,8.50 a.m. SYDNEY, June 7. One of the outcomes of the Maittand coal strike Vi that coal is being shipped to Australia, and two cargoes of British coal, totalling 12,0i)-J tons, have been purchased for Adelaide at prices on a par with local Newcastle coal. It is also stated Welsh and American coal is under offer.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The coal position remains unchanged, and available stacks are being steadily depleted. The council of the One Big Union recommended to the union that unless a settlement is reached in a fortnight an apuenl be made to the whole trade ■union movement for financial assistance fight the coal vend.—Aus.-N.Z ■•Cable "Awn.