COAL SHORTAGE.
MR HUGHES PREDICTS A STRIKE MELBOURNE, July 30. Mr Hughes, questioned in the | House of Representatives as to the [ coal shortage, attributed.it to three i reasons, viz., lack of shipping, in- : creased export, and frequent siopI pages. if Parliament chose it could pass enabling legislation blocking export, but such would be against the best interests of Australia. He declined to utilise the large reserves at Newcastle tor the Home markets, as he had been reliably informed that a coal strike was imminent.. The Government : would therefore require it for warships and mercantile marine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17935, 31 July 1920, Page 9
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95COAL SHORTAGE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17935, 31 July 1920, Page 9
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