COAL DISPUTE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 523, 5 May 1933, Page 4

COAL DISPUTE

POSITIONJNJRQ^ DEALEBS IN TOWN Wnw ON STOCKS IN HAND POSSIBILITIES~OF SHO^ As a result of the coal ti six Waikato mines which ku operation since Ap-ril jg ^ shortage of coal is at p//* valent in Rotorua and the i is assuming a serious aspecf the exception of agents handliJ from the two mines atpreser eration most coal dealers in tk are fast approaching the. end stocks which in some casesk been replenished for some^fi trend of affairs at the mines J ed -shows little possibility of resumption of supp-lies hecoakl sible. It has become necessary ftj for ail or.ders" to be stringe^S tailed and in most cases {kj being confined to onebagatsfl In the case of hotels anik* houses it will he realised Qd a smaii supply is of little iejM with th'e possibility of anij | numher of visitors to thq to3 ing the school holidays nest fl the trouhle is likely to prove 9 cularly serious to the prophdfl these houses. Should the strM tinue it ic likely that m'anyrfB houses will have to rely enth-J wood fuel which is notiavS many. I Some Stocks Available I Although the Wilton amifJ cohipanies -men are not the Northern Miners' Distr/tjJ cil and are still working are heing made on these - ~stocks ancTln consequence ili J being f ound in supplying ag3 the supplies ordered.'-vyith t J that these agents are also ed with the trouble. In additioM these -agents are providing tJ fortunate confreres with ance in supplies possible. At J sent time however, the aJ these companies in Rotorua J to fulfil their orders ht trouble lengthens and th'e rj supplies from the mines feJ is likely that they too liij ly inconvenienced. ■ As an instance that EotonaB was not the only town trouhliH shortage, it was mentioned A "Post" representative yestei^A in Napier coal was being iJ eight shillings a bag. FornA this step has not yet become A sary in Rotorua. fl