COAL CONSUMPTION

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3092, 24 May 1917, Page 7

COAL CONSUMPTION

STRONG DIFFERENCES OF OPINION Cabinet had under consideration yesterday afternoon the question of. coal supplies, and discussed'the possibility of improving the present position. This information waa communicated .by Sir James Allen, but ho would not amplify this etatemont in any way, except to say that tho .matter was still under consideration.

Thero are sharp differences' of opinion in the community on this coal question. Men whose opinions are entitled to ieBpect hold that drastic steps should be taken to reduce consumption at once, and there are others who say that II r. Myers's statement that 30,000 tons of coal por month is being brought 'from Newcastle is an assuranco that no steps are necessary to cut down consumption,. . The influences that aro working for the preservation of normal conditions ■ are etrong. Tho biggest body of objeclorslo restrictions in the use of coal are igcople who do not want to be inconvenienced, I,ut. the people who aro really working to prevent steps being taken arc those who are interested in businesses which may "be affected if anything drastic is done to stop unessential work. The' Efficiency Board has been interesting itself in some of these businesses already, and Ihe men who carry them on are appre"hensive as to tho future. As soon as anything is done which threatens to hamper useful industries—and it will not bo possible to reduce coal consumption without in some measure.affecting useful industries—the case for allowing unessential work to go unimpeded will l,e weakened. ANOTHER LETTER PRAISING TEE "OVERLAND." Scores of letters in praiso of the Overißnd have been \rocoived. One- from Messrs. Geo. Boyes and Co., of Hamilton, backs up the Overland claims. Tho letter says in part: "I. have- never known tho engine- to overheat. On ono occasion I took six people to tho top of Sanatorium Hill, and tho radiator was not unduly hoated. One of the chief features of this cer is its comfort. Almost cicryono who lias been in it has remar-ked upon its great comfort compared with other cars. 1 have given the car some solid tests in regard to roade, and it has behaved just splendidly." Overlahds.always please. They aro world-famous for their goodness. Inspect—or-, write for free catalogue. Local agents:—A. Hatrick and Co., Ltd., agents, Wanganui and "Wellington; Masterton Farmers' Implement Co., Ltd., llaeterton; Bastinand Avery, agents, Pahiatua; E. S. Peesj agent, Palmerslon North. A. Hatrick and. Co., Ltd., Wanganui' and Wellington, distributors for North Island.—Advt.