AMERICAN COAL SHIPMENTS TO DOMINION

Chronicle (Levin), 20 August 1946, Page 3

AMERICAN COAL SHIPMENTS TO DOMINION

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WELLIXGTOX, August J!). Sli ipiiiLMit s of t'onl tolulliiig 50,U(.)U tons ari* expi'cteil to anivc in Xew Zcuhuul i'roni Xorth Amcrii'ii hi'twccn Do w and tlie ')iil of Oi-tobor. This inclinlesj ihe eousignment of 40DI) tons of ( 'anniliaii coaJ whh-h is on its way to Wellington in the barque Painir. The .Ministcr of -M iiu-s (Mr. O'Brien) stated that, although nn aiialvsis hal yel hoeii niado of the shipmont of ooal in tho Painir, it was thoughl tliat it »;i a liituniinous ooal, hui that its quality would not ho sutiieionl lv liigh I'nr >;a-ni:i king, :uul it would probably

be used for the railways. The Pamir would unload at Wellington. Tho imDortaiion of 50,000 tons of ooal i'roni America sliould rclieve the coal situa- ! tion hv tlie einl of Oetober. The Croveriiiiient was negotiating for i tlie imjiortatioii of ooal from the wost coast of tho United IStatos for essential purposos in the Xorth Island, and by i tho substitition of local bituniinous j ooals there sliould be some iniprove- | nient in the supply for gasworks, al- j thougli rosorve stocks would be difUcult to build up becauso of tlie ooastal shipping shortago and tho . possible ! dolavs on tho West Coast bar luir- j bours. The Minister of Finance (Mr. . Xasli) was prepared to grant dollar orodit for roasonable imporiations of suitablo gas ooal from tlie United Slafes if applioaiion was mado.