MORE COAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 8

MORE COAL

BUI SOME LOSSES EFFECT OF STRIKES In a statement published rcccntiy, it wul bo remembemi mat Uio Iluu. Arthur M. Myers, Minister in Charge of tnu Coal Trade iA'ptiruiieut, mentioned that tlio amount of cual in sight lrom overseas during tn.9 next six weeks was 'iO,CW tons. 11l this connection the Minister was now aO.o lo my t'lwt tho supplies lrom theso sources have been augmented u.y further shipments from both Newcastle and Newport News, America, to Hits extent of auout 20,000 tons, While this was gratifying, it had -to bo pointed out that a proposed "shipment of CSUO tons by tho-\vaitomo (of which 1500 tons wero lor the Railway Depirtment) was included in tho 70.001) aneiitioned above. Tho VVaitomo, however, is unablo to bring this cargo as intended, as tho vessel is laid up at Dunedin owing to tho crew reiusing to go to Australia ill her. Advantage is being (alien of this spell to litvo tho vessel surveyed. The coal-car-rier Ngaltuta is also a, vessel which for a similar reason to the abovo is una'blo to bo used between Nowcastlc and New Zealand, and she is therefore being used on the West Coast run. Mr. Myers further stated that arrangements had been made with tho Commonwealth and Dominion Lino to unload 1000 tons from tho Port Victor, which that vessel hod available, but unfortunately owing to tho watorsiders not working on Friday Inst only «i portion of this coal,would be taken off. Somo 250 tons wero unloaded on Sunday; and arrangements wero made for her to be worked up to 10 o'clock last night, but unfortunately the inclemency of the weather had prevented this being done. If the Port Victor sails as «t present intended, slio will ho compelled to tnko about 4W tons of coal with her, which, under tho circumstanccs, it was impossible to unload.