COAL STOPPAGES
NEW SOUTH WALES PITS RECORD LOSSES THIS WEEK (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Mar. 23. This week’s coal loss of 48,670 tons from stoppages sets a new record for this year. It is 12,000 tons in excess of last week’s loss, the second heaviest of the year. The heaviest loss this week has been on the northern field, which produces abdut two-thirds of Australia’s coal. Six collieries, producing 7150 tons and employing 2000 men, were idle to-day. The coal commissioner, Mr N. Mighell, warned to-day that coal stocks in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were considerably below the levels at this time last year and there would have to be considerable improvement in the output after Easter if the winter coal requirements of the people were to be met. He pointed out that it was only with the greatest difficulty that the 1944 winter requirements were met.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25803, 26 March 1945, Page 6
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