COAL SHORTAGE
POSITION ACUTE IN WELLINGTON. (SPECIAL TO "THE PIUSSS.") WELLINGTON, January 31. There is again an acute shortage of coal in Wellington, and, unfortunately, there seems but little prospect of improvement. The outbreak of influenza m Australia will again interrupt shipping communication. Noarly all the dealers are holding hundreds of pounds' worth of orders, as it is always three weeks, or thereabout before an order is filled. One dealer confessed to-day that he had orders from householders for 300 tons of coal in. small lots, and Hie had sixteen tons of coal wherewith to supply those orders. The members of the Board of Trade returned to Wellington to-day .from the West Coast, where they have completed their enquiries concerning coal production, and the Board is to 6it in committee this week to prepare its report. ,
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16436, 1 February 1919, Page 8
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136COAL SHORTAGE Press, Volume LV, Issue 16436, 1 February 1919, Page 8
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