NO SCREENED COAL FOR ONE WEEK
ATJOSl^N'6', Srar. 14'. " Screened coal will be withdrawii froin gehefal u'sb with the exceptiob of hospitals, in the coming week, iil an bSort to restore railway stocks now at a perilously low ehb. This was announced by the Mining Controlkf, Mr. C. H. Bflnn'by, in aii interV-ew. Mr. Benney said the railway coal shbrtage w,a!s sei'ibus aiid in some depots oniy a day's supply was held'. It was not likely that a complete diversion of siipplies to the f'ail^aya vlould. ' have to he maiiitained for inofb" tliad a week, said Mr. Benney. ¥he.diptribution of hoiisehold coal will' "bb" t'iie supply most* se'fibusiy affec'tbd as dalry factories aiid power s.aii^ns usaslack coa,l. "The railways re'quire as much as they cah get," the Controller said. "It is imperative that su'fficiefit stocks are maintained in diffefent depbts."
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1947, Page 5
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140NO SCREENED COAL FOR ONE WEEK Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1947, Page 5
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