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COAL FROM POLAND.

Peril to Industry in Great Britain. STARTLING INNOVATION. LONDON, January 10. For the first time since the general strike, a foreign ship, the first of a fleet of ten, has brought foreign coal to England. The ship is the Lysaker, of Oslo. Her cargo consists of IGOO tons of coal from Poland, which represents a day's work of 1600 miners. The price is 15s 9d a ton, including price and discharge. Coal of similar quality from Northumberland would cost 17s 6d if it had to be discharged by lighters. The Mining Association, when asked to account for this startling innovation, attributed it firstly to the low railway rates for transit, which are subsidised by the Polish Government, and secondly to the cheapness of Polish labour. Miners in Poland receive 5s per shift. Asked what defence they suggest against this new’ peril to the industry, the owners’ association merely reply that efforts must be made to induce the purchasers of the Polish coal to change their minds.

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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20238, 23 February 1934, Page 5

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COAL FROM POLAND. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20238, 23 February 1934, Page 5

COAL FROM POLAND. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20238, 23 February 1934, Page 5

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