Cement Works Close For Lack Of Coal
AUCKLAND, Marcli 17. Due to lack of coal Wils'on 's Portlanil cement works south'/of' Whangarei, and' itjte .sole, supplier' of1 cfeme'ut "'for ' the ■Nqrtli island, w'ill elose doAvn, at*; mld•night, .By .that timQ>!');1ie doal 'supplies' 'on which the works, ^epe'nd^wl'l'l be ekhausted and'nd further coal'is expecied till jWednes.day at the earliest, UuIqss" when coal arrives continuity of s.upply is assured it is uulikely that tlie t'a.ctorywill resume / production," u,ntil aft.er Easter. , . , , , The comp^ny hp-s suffipient. fnipplies q$ .CQinenfc^To last?. till the end of >the ; month, but witlr' tlie works idle the j valnable- reserve stocks will have. to be I usedv' These> • gtocks> ar & nqr niaily: i kept : -fo|- ?Vintet pefiocf when coal sup-- . j sliort owing to_ the increased.; dpTflesjtie jdem'apd.- ■ : '• -• ,j :. .... i The repe rcussions of ""the ■ f aetory^s. j slutdpwa- w-iji • atfqng Oiave b'eeh in^e b.y the -ihtei-elts ' affdcted' to tlie Mrnister'of ludustH'ee and Commerce, the/ Minister of MineS and the chairman of the Parliamentary Housing Coinmittee (Mr. M. Moohan". urging action to secure immediate coasupplies and continuity of supplies in the future.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1948, Page 7
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183Cement Works Close For Lack Of Coal Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1948, Page 7
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