London, Jan. 2
In the week ending December 31 Britain's coal mines produced 3,647, 200 tons, an amount which exceeds Jany week's output since May, 1924. [Wage-earners employed for the week numbered 949,400, The superior quality of British coal has been demonstrated by a series of tests instituted by the Canadian Department of Mines. Reports state that these tests were carried: font on 30 fuels of the. most varied type,, ranging from anthracite to peat. The most efficient fuel tested Was Welsh anthracite, 8.4 tons of! Which were equal fo 10 tons" of American anthracite taken asa standard. "Scotch sem{-anthracite was nearly as good—British Wireless through Reuter,
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