MOKAU COALFIELD.
OFFER TO THE GOVERNMENT. "It lookfl very clear to us that until we succeed in developing our hydroelectric power resources," said the Hon. W. D. S. MacDonalU, "that we must do all we oan to explore and develop our coal supplies. Hydro-electric power is a big thing, and will take a long time to corao into general operation, so tlwt we must look to coal for some time yet. Early in the new year I will submit to Cabinet a report I am obtaining ;from Mr. Morgan, Director of the Geological Survey, upon the Mokau coalfield in Northern Taranaki. The owners of the area have offered to the Government the mineral rights over about W#oo or 70,000 acres, containing a large quantity of coal, much of' which can !>n easily transported down tihe Mokau river. This waterway can he improved at small expense by straightening one portion. It might also be possible to use muoh of the land for the settlement of soldiers, but this is a matter apart from the mining question, which the Government will consider at an early date."
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1917, Page 5
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184MOKAU COALFIELD. Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1917, Page 5
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