A CAUTION TO COAL CONSUMERS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2461, 7 February 1881, Page 2

A CAUTION TO COAL CONSUMERS.

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[TO THE EDITOR.') Sir, —I would be wanting in my duty to the public, and wanting in my duty to my employer, if I allowed some facts which have come to my knowledge recently to pass unnoticed. It is now well known that the • Brunner Coal Company have opened a depot in Tim am for the sale of coal from their mines, and since the opening of this depot, owing to the immense popularity that this coal has attained, some of the local merchants are olfering a spurious article known as “ Greymouth coal.” The public generally may not be much interested iii or acquainted with coal mining, and I should like to point out that in a mining district there are different mines having A'arious qualities of coal, and, to use the common saying, differing as much as “ chalk from cheese,” Now, the coal sold by the merchants who deal in the Greymouth article is taken from the Coal Pit Heath mines, and, comparitively speaking, re presents the “ chalk,” while the Brunner coal represents the “ cheese.” I wish to caution the public against puichasing what is represented to them as Greymouth coal,” under the impression that all coal from Greymouth is alike. No such thing. The Brunner mines are the only mines whose coal surpasses Newcastle, and is now the favorite coal throughout New Zealand with gas companies, and for steaming, household, or other purposes. The Brunner coal can only be had in town from the depot in Barnard street. I may add, in conclusion, that I was more than surprised when I heard the names of Timaru merchants, gentlemen whose commercial standing should have placed them above such deception, resorting to the tactics I have described. I beg to thank you, Mr Editor, for the space afforded in your columns, and trust the publicity of this letter will have the double effect of not only cautioning the public against purchasing an inferior article, but act us a restriction on dealers representing goods that are not the “cheese.” —I am, &c., PETER MoAIIDLE, Local Manager B.C. Co.