Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-20
Nations coal production reported te 'e from 73 to 75 per cent. of normal.

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 Nations coal production reported te I be from 73 to 75 per cent. of normal. |
 Quotations for nsphtha and gaso- lene for export in bulk were issued.
 New Zealand Government reported explorations for oil advancing favor ably. sAl Public Service Commission ordered Long Island Railroad Co. to heat it's cars @.>s'
 Leyand Line steamship Lancastrisa was in distress about 500 miles cast of New York
 Shipping Board reported sale of a7 wooden barges to Baltimore interests for s1,45S.000 seA -ss
 Pennsylvania Railroad paid $25,4e6,- 595tin taxes in 1916 to Federal and State Governments. .,- -y ,a,-s
 Sales of surplus army supplies fer the week ended Dec. ,, amounted to more than $S,So0;ooo. ...|
 DemobiIization of the 10000 Ameri- cans who enlisted with the British forces was completed. F..
 American smeiting & Refining Co. increased price of lead from I cents to z 1-4 cents a pound. T Steamer GlenIyn arrived at Boston | from Alexandria with 14,50o bales of 1 Egyptian cotton valued at s6,0o0,e0o. .
 The Prussian State Assembly, by a vote of 21O to g.. passed a resolution in favor of a .'centralized German | state" '' i General PetIura. ukranian com mander, fled into Poland, according to Moscow reports. His troops were dis persed.
 1 Canadian Controller of Newsprint ! Paper announced he will suggest price
 of newsprift paper to be adTancedt to $75 a ton. | Five persons were killed and many 1 wounded in election riots at Pondi-
 cherry. capital of the French pos
 session in India.
 1 Question of the compensation Ger.
 many should make for sinking of the ! Scapa Flow fleet was again before the Supreme Council. & Ameer of Afghanistan has issued a l declaration of Independence, according i to a message received from Taskent | Russian Turkestan.
 | Linseed oil shipments from Argen- tina to the United States during 1918
 amounted to 350.0e0 tons, compared
 with, 40,o0 tons in 1913.. si
 It is reported when Secretary Eant
 resigns his position he will associate \ himself with the Peabody Coal Syndi
 cate, with headquarters in Chicago. An. appropriation of 1000, ,ooo, o,ool marks was necessary to cover prefni' barley and potatoes from German farmers. f@s.
 Considerable excitement was eauses
 in Mexico City following publication Q reports of the end of the world whel a few earth shocks were felt. N damage resulted. .f ] s Representative La Guardia of Nev York served notice on Congress tha he would remain in his present DO sition if necessary to insure passag of the aviation program.
 German delegates are said by news : papers in Paris to have furnished tn e. Allies proof that Germany cannot de { liver all the harbor and dock ma e terial demanded in the protocol. n ] : A general convention of the Unite h Mine Workers of America was calle Il for at Columbus to hear report of tha . organization relating to the settlemeT = of the national soft coal strike. = Because of pretracted debate in tt = House on the sugar bill to broade
 the powers of the Sugar Equalizatio
 Board and extend control until 1920
 was not possible to vote on tf
 amendments.
 An increase in capitalization of tt l. Western States Oil Co., from $1.000 e coo to $10,000.000' is to be voted upo e Dec. 29, for the primary purpose d making it an exportation subsidial e of the Midwest Refining Coz .ft-