AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
COAL SHORTAGE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 28. Owing to coal shortage, as the result of thb strike at Port Pine, only three mines are working at Broken Hill, and 4500 miners are idle.
STATE ENTERPRISES. SYDNEY, August 28. The Premier stated that for the past year all State enterprises showed a good margin of profit, excepting the trawlers, which had a loss of £5498, principally due to the Commonwealth Government commandeering the vessels tor a period. AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIES.
MELBOURNE, August 28. There are indications of a large development in Australian industries after the war. Amongst the many proposals submitted for the approval of the Commonwealth Government are schemes for the manufacture of steel, paint, yarn, zinc, whitehead and woolscourmg involving a capital of over £2,500,1)00.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17882, 30 August 1918, Page 6
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128AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17882, 30 August 1918, Page 6
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