COAL CRISIS
CONTINENTAL MARKETS LOST CAPTURED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES (By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) BERLIN, June 9. German coal exports to Rotterdam in May were 2,000,000 tons, compared with 690,000 in April. This almost entirely supplants British coal. Poland has already captured Scandinavian markets from Britain. FOREIGN COAL ON THE CLYDE LONDON, June 10 As a result of the coal stoppage coal is being discharged on the Clyde for the first itme in five years by two vessels from Antwerp, while four others are en route to the Clyde with a thousand tons each. Trade Unions affected decided to handle the coal, which is for bunkers. ; •RUSSIAN MONEY LONDON, June 10 In the House of Commons Sir W. J.jynson Hicks said the Foreign Office was satisfied the Russian Government sent money to Britain for the purposes of the general strike. Mr MacDonald pointed out that the strike leaders refused that money. Sir W. Joynson Hicks continued that money had been sent to the Miners' Federation by some very closely correlated bodies in Russia, comprising the Soviet Government, the Third International, and other organisations, though he had not yet established that the Soviet Government itself, directly sent monev.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 June 1926, Page 5
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199COAL CRISIS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 June 1926, Page 5
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