OUTLET FOR N.Z. COAL.
“ J. 5.,” writing in the Melbourne Argus about the new coaling station at Diego Garcia, saj T s :—One of the results of establishing the coaling station in mid ocean will be, it is anticipated, the opening up of nn important outlet for New Zealand coal, as the distance from the West Coast of the Middle Island to the Chagos Archepclago is not much in excess of that which separates it from Newcastle, New South Wales ; and as the coal procured at Westport, New Zealand, has been shown to be equal to some of the best English for steam generating purposes, while the New South Wales coal is complained of as being very inferior to it, and as making so much dirt and ash, the New Zealand coal, caeteris x>arihuß) would command the pre-
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Patea Mail, 19 June 1882, Page 4
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138OUTLET FOR N.Z. COAL. Patea Mail, 19 June 1882, Page 4
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