WESTPORT'S WANTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 43, 26 June 1913, Page 2

WESTPORT'S WANTS.

GRANT TO SIDNEY SYNDICATE

[B? Electbiu Telegbaph—Cofyiught] .[United Press Association.] Westport, 1 June 25. A large and representative meeting in the Town Hall to-night decided to urge the Minister to grant a Sydney syndicate a right over coal-buarnig land adjoining the Westport Coal Company's Denniston area, from which by ministerial permit the Westport Coal Company has been taking coal. There is stated to bu a lower seam of coal on this particular area, and it is the Sydney syndicate's intention*), if rights' applied for are granted them, to : work it, in conjunction with other coal measures in the Cascade Valley, by a tramway which would run down the valley and connect with the Buller Gorge railway. They anticipate being able on 8-hour shifts to produce 2,500 tons of coal daily on three shifts. It was decided also to urge the Minister of Public Works to speed up the construction of the Buller Gorge railway, as the revenue from the whole source alone would ensure a handsome profit on its working. Messrs F. F. Munro and H. Gillen were appointed to proceed to Wellington to lay the views of the mettinw before the Ministry, also the matter of boring on the Seddonville State area, with a view to opening up further'coal measures.