COAL TO BE DEARER.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 487, 31 July 1912, Page 5

COAL TO BE DEARER.

TWO SIIU.XINCS VIM TON. | ItV TI'I.Ki.K Wli. I'KISS \SMh'l "I'lO\. ] Auckland, Tnssday. Householders will be interested to know, says Hut Star, I ha!, a iter tomorrow they must, nliow an extra 2s per ton whin making up their coal accounts, a rise of this am;r,:;it: having been found necessary by I, lis Auckland Coal Dealers' Associate :. Taupiri household coal, which is, the principal kind used in Auehland, is at present 31s net, per ton, and fmni August Ist, the net prien will be .'!3u. Taupiri stcamhouse, another eoal in general use, will be 3(la net. instead of 2Km, as at present quoted. Overmen coal will experience a corresponding rise. When asked about tiie mailer an Auckland dealer explained thai ,'!, wa.n three years since there had been a revision of the price lis!, ni:d in (ho meantime the cost of disp-'iuition had gone up considerably. There arc several factors wiiieh have caused the advance in price, an important; one being the coal, of socks, which i'h a heavy item. The additional cost caused by tho rise in price of Macks is Is per ton, and in addition to this must be taken into account (ho it;-

creased coat, of lahour, which affects the dealer in Feveral wnyp -in bag-

ging and delivery only to mention two. The dealer pointed out; that even with the rise which if; ha;-; he en found necessary to make {.lie price of household coal in Auckland is less than it is in any of the largo centred of tho

Dominion. Regarding oversea coal, it wa? explained that freights had gone up, and tho cost of handling on