BRITISH COAL
AN ORDER FROM CANADA. STATEMENT BY MR THOMAS. (British Official Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, February 25. (Received Feb. 26, at 5.5 p.m.) Mr J. H. Thomas (Minister in Charge of the Unemployment Problem), replying to questions in the House of Commons, saic. he had received information of an order for 40,000 tons of coal for Canada which was to be shipped, from this :ountry as soon as the river St. Lawrence was open to traffic. He did not yet know from what part of the country the coal would come. He had every hope that his discussions with the Canadian wheat pool would lead to a more regular exchange of Canadian wheat for British products. The price for the coal contract would be affected by the return cargo.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 11
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134BRITISH COAL Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 11
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