STATE COAL MINES.
NOT PAYING AS THEY OUGHT. THE QUESTION OF SELLING. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Lait Night. Sir James Allen said, in an interview, that- the State coal mines were not paying, and they ought to be matte to pay. It was riot fair to the ordinary taxpayer to be taxed to make up for the loss, or that Government mines,, which were working at a loss, should compete with private mines which., have to show a profit. So far, an offer by a Canterbury syndicate for the purchase of the State mines had not come before the Cabinet.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1917, Page 5
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100STATE COAL MINES. Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1917, Page 5
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