SUPPLIES BELOW CONSUMPTION
CRec. 10 pjn.)- , . LONDON,. Dec. 5.: Explaining the need for the cuts, Mr Shinwell, at a press conference, Said that/the total weekly coal output was 4.4 per cent, higher than a year ago, and, having regard to the decline in man-power, this must be considered satisfactory. But consumption had also gone up, and was now 6.7 per cent higher than a year ago. Supplies this winter might fall short of total requirements by between 2,000,000 and 5,000,000 tons.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26328, 6 December 1946, Page 7
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81SUPPLIES BELOW CONSUMPTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 26328, 6 December 1946, Page 7
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