N.S. WALES COLLIERIES
CUTTING OF PRICES. Press Association—By Telegraph/—Copyright. SYDNEY, March 22. . Speaking at Minmi, Mr Brown, chairman of the Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association, said that the association was practically wiped out. The cutting of the selling price of coal commenced with- the troop transports being supplied at 10s per ton. He was determined to get back the trade lost through the "afternoon shift" strike, even if he had to cut the price. Prospects of foreign trade were gloomy, and it would not foe long before the selling price of coal had fallen to 8s per ton.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16339, 23 March 1915, Page 5
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