BRITISH COAL EXPORT.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 129, 3 June 1920, Page 8

BRITISH COAL EXPORT.

I Am. and N.Z. Assn. aalii Reoter.) Lp'NDON,,Juli© 2. It 13 stated that the export of cbal will be hengeforth liniiTed" to 1,700,----009 tons monthly, O r'2o,ooo,ooo.tons yearlyy- compared with, "73^0,000----exported in 1913. ;' ,', , , ,«mj I- ••- [£he 'cottl exporters declare that the " result of .the increase iii homewai'd freights will detrimentally affect rates and increase the Home prices. The Government's policy, however* is aimod, nt meeting U the i needs of th'ils flHome . consumer and keeping industries going, so that1 manufactured goods can ultimately fill the cargo space hitherto occupied by the export q[ coal. „