STATE GOAL MINE.
(Per. Press Association.) Wellington, yesterday,
I The State Coal Mines Board of Enquiry I opened its sitting in Wellington this memI ing. Mr Beattie, chief meohanioal an* I ginoer of the Government railways, said I the Department had been aarrying on I tests and experiments with State coal in I all districts. Point Elizabeth coal had I gone off greatly during the past six I months. There was too groat a proportion lof slack in it, and it was too light for I heavy railway work. Ho desired to emphasise the mistake of sending out unsoreoned coal. It oame out during the hearing that screens are now being erected 'at Point Elizabeth mine. William Soott, railway foreman, also insisted on the importance of Bcreeniog coal. In its nDsoreened state 25 per cent and more of Point Elizabeth ooal had to be consumed than of Brunner or Westport. A number of reports were submitted in writing from tho railway officers. Mr Alex MoDougall gave evidenoe regarding short supplies and short hours.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1534, 16 August 1905, Page 3
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173STATE GOAL MINE. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1534, 16 August 1905, Page 3
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