Coal Output Increases With Seven-Hour Day Introduction

Grey River Argus, 9 April 1948, Page 4

Coal Output Increases With Seven-Hour Day Introduction

Reports from most, of the Grey district mines indicate that, sinc e tne adoption of the seven-hour bank-to-bank day in the mines, there has been a fair increase in coal production. In the Strongman State Mine notably, there has been a good increase, and at Dobson, Liverpool, Wallsend and Blackball the figures for the first week’s operation of the new hours are well up to date. Blackball had a particularly high production in the last fortnight of last month, and comparison is not possible in that case. More than 1000 tons of coal are on the Greymouth wharf awaiting tne arrival of the next collier, the Kakapo, due to-clav, to load over 2500 to.-:s for Auckland’. Coal for shipment has been coming to hand freely throughout the week. A small amount of the coal on the wharf is from the Buller district, rail consignments from that area having ceased owing to the Westport bar becoming workable again. The coal from Buller still a : Greymouth, will ba used for bunkers