BRUNNER COLLERIES, LTD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 196, 16 February 1912, Page 5

BRUNNER COLLERIES, LTD.

EXPLOITING TWO MINES.

By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night'

Mr. A..P. Harper, of this.city, has just received cable advice from London that a company is being registered there, under the title of the Brunner Collierieß, Ltd., for the purpose of taking over and working the two coal mines on the Brunner field—Tyneside Proprietary and North Brunner Coal Company.

The formation of the Brunner Collieries is the result of negotiations begun by Mr. Harper about 12 months ago. He then recognised that the consolidation of the two mines on the Brunner field was desirable, the North Brunner Company being in the position of requiring more capital, and reconstruction being inevitable. Having obtained an option over the Tyneside Proprietary's mine, Mr. Harper went to England to lay his proposition before the board of directors of the North Brunner Co. The board agreed to hie proposals with certain modifications, which Mr. Harper was able to make upon his return to the' Dominion a week or two ago. The formation; of the Brunner Collieries, Ltd., will mean that the two mines will now be worked under one control. The North Brunner Company's mine was shut down in September last, but it is anticipated that operations will be resumed at the mine shortly.