COAL RATIONING
MINISTER HOPEFUL The Minister of Mines, Mr. Webb is hopeful that it will be possible for the Dominion to get through the winter without necessity for coal rati<pning. While expressing this in an interview the Minister said that the industry was experiencing difficulties due to understaffing, combined with increasing demands for coal. Last year's production was a record for New Zealand, but it fell short of national requirements.
Although mining was a sheltered industry, said Mr. Webb, over 100 miners had left the mines to enlist for military service. The Government had brought back a number of these men against their wishes. The miners had agreed to work longer hours during the winter at ordinary rates of pay, except for public holidays, and it was estimated that this would produce an additional 30,000 • tons.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 123, 27 May 1942, Page 5
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136COAL RATIONING Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 123, 27 May 1942, Page 5
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