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COAL STRIKE LOSSES NO BID FOE STATIONS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received April Iff, p.m.') SYDNEY, April Iff. Thi 1 Stale <-<111lie: 1 (if iho BuiiwMVmen's Uii;u;i, slier four days' discussion, decided uat In agree ia the M iuislerial scheme governing hours ;iml wages. 'I he Agvh-nl; urn I Bureau conference ::l Wes! .Maitland n solved to urge tin* Government jo impound ;he waters of Ihe upper Hunter River In facilitare irrigation. Losses caused by (lie pro'.rncled strike is evideiiceil by the expni'ts of coal from Newcastle for the three months ended March 111. These (moiled Iff",Naff tons, valued at TNG.trff, compared \ ish tiff.'!,fi(lli lons, valued a! .!?7o4,fffiN for I in* corresponding period iast year. The qua n; it ies exported included In Yicinrin (i-L !| 00 tons, compared with ‘25101)11 teeis; North Australia, 22,000 toils, cniii[iared with 180,00(1 tons. New Zealand, 51)111) tons, compa'-ed vi;b .Vi,dim tons, ?\ I:e.s May lloliieia, ; i meiiiber of the ( 'amnion wen Lii Legislative Assembly for Western Australia, has be ‘ll appointed sulisl iiute delegate to the League of Nations cunfereiice. Advice from Brisbane states that seven cartle and sheep .stations owned by .Mr. E-lmuiul Jewett, aggregating ,'11.50 square miles. pas!oral leases, with !H 70 .head off cattle, 22.000 ~ heep. and 270 horse- did not attract a single bid.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 19
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