BRIQUETTED SLACK
Help For Coal Industry (Bv Telegraph.—Press Association.) WESTPORT, June 30. The Minister of Mines, Mr. Webb, said yesterday that open-cast mining at Stockton would not displace miners, but. on the contrary, bo of great advantage to the miners of the district, and by increasing the coal output would create more work on the waterfronts and railways. The amenities of the district would be attended to, and the Government would endeavour to make th.e lives of the people more healthy and happier than in the past.
The future of the briquetting of coal was mentioned by Mr. Webb. The department had sent 300 tons of slack to the Waikato to be briquetted, and it was afterward tested for railway and domestic use. It was excellent for both. After the war when works could be provided He would be able to get an extensive utilization of slack coal by briquetting. The Minister said he had inspected three open-cast mines at Charleston, There was a possibility of considerable increase in coal production if transport arrangements could be made. The railways and gasworks in particular would benefit if lignite replaced bituminous coal on the domestic market. The general position in the Dominion would be strengthened.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 235, 1 July 1944, Page 6
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203BRIQUETTED SLACK Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 235, 1 July 1944, Page 6
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