COAL INDUSTRY
FOREIGN COMPETITION. NECESSITY FOR PEACE IN TRADE [By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) "Received February 9, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Feb. 8. Mr Frank Hodges, in outspoken proposals to save the coal industry from ruin, said that the international markets for the export of coal were < narrowing down. Those now available were subject to most intense competition wherein America and Germany played the most important part. It would pay the Miners' Federation to investigate what is happening in Germany and work in the direction of securing uniformity in hours and wages based on those of the country wh*re the most favourable conditions for the men were secured. "I would not rule out an international agreement for the regulation of the world's supply," he said. "The first step towards efficiency is complete unification of the collieries within a given area. In the meanwhile the railways should reduce their freights for mineral traffic by onethird. I should like to see five years of undisturbed peace in ' the coal trade."—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 59, 9 February 1925, Page 5
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