IN A BAD WAY
COAL INDUSTRY OF GREAT BRITAIN. REMARKABLE FIGURES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 1, 8.5 p.m.), LONDON, February 28. Official: Advances m wages to the aoal miners under the November strike settlement ate no longer payable as owing to the trade depression the output is tow only 17,650,000 tons, compared with 19,040,000 tons for the September quarter. _ Mr Evan Williams, president of the -Mining Association or Great Britain, speaking at tho South IV ales Conciliaton Board, said that only sixteen companies out of 150 paid a profit in Januarv. Pithead prices of coal a,t Cardiff' yesterday were raised from 5s to 10s. The best house coal is now 53s 2d at the pithead.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10838, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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