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Show U. S. MAY GET FOREIGN COAL Contra-cts Placed in Scotland Scot-land and Australia for American Firms SAX FRANCISCO. July 24 Nearly." Near-ly." essels have been chartered t bring coal from Australia to this country, it was learned In shipping 1 ircles today. The latest addition to this fleet Is the steamer Hollywood, rtered yesterday bj the Roiph-Hlnds Roiph-Hlnds Interests. Th. steamer West Isllp, now at Newcastle, N S. W . was to start loading load-ing u 6000 ton cargo of coal today. Settlement of a miners' strike in the " v. South Wales collieries Is announced an-nounced in cablea to local shipping rn 11 jmd thin, they said, would ex-pi ex-pi lit. lojidlng of the . ssels with coal for America. Some -.-eis which took lumber from the northwest to Australia will bring back coal. Portland shipping operators report that charter of vessels to carry coal. Including some contracted to bring It from the United Kingdom, has made li difficult to obtain tonnage to moe tho new northwest wheat crop. Sc ottish FUEL. LONDON, July L'4 (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press Important contracts have been placed In Scotland for Intnl. Int-nl. Hate shipments of coal for the United States and additional orders under negotiation, it was learned toduy. This is the first occasion since tho outbreak of the European war on Which Scotch coal has been bought for shipment to America. Scotland also has been asked to ship large quantities of coal to South American markets hitherto supplied from the United States. The situation has brought Scotch coal export figures about to the prewar pre-war level. |