WELSH COAL
THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASE. CRITICISM AND REPLY. (Special Correspondent.) - "WELLINGTON, This Bay. The Government is being accused of • having made a bad bargain in buying I 150,000 tons of Welsh coal for delivery during the next tvrelve inon'ths. Critics point out that coal and freights " arc both becoming cheaper in Britain " :ind that bettor terms., could have been obtained by'"waiting. Ministers reply that owing to the acute shortage* ol,n eoal last winter and. (the threat of further interference with production here they could not afford to wait,'and that a year's contract was nocessaiy in order to make sure of regular deliver-. ios. The Welsh coal vrill be cheaper than many cargoes alreaiy bought by tlio Government under stross of neeessitv. ' , "
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Northern Advocate, 22 April 1921, Page 2
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121WELSH COAL Northern Advocate, 22 April 1921, Page 2
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