TAUPIRI EXTENDED MINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1919, Page 3

TAUPIRI EXTENDED MINE.

SERIOUS EFFECT OF STOPPAGE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Aug. 20. Information from Huntly to-day shows that the Taupiri Colliery Company's Extended Mine is still idle, the men declining to resume work until the opinion of a Government expert is obtained in regard to the safety of the mine. So far as can be ascertained, there appears to be no development of what the men describe as "creep." Statements have been issued ty the company and the men dealing with the question of the danger, and the position now is that the men are requiring a conference with the management after an expert opinion of a Government official is obtained. The company, in its statement, said it considered the mine was quite safe, and thought the work should be resumed immediately. The effect of the stoppage upon the eoal position locally is serious, inasmuch as the Extended Mine had an output of between 800 and 000 tons daily, and, in | addition to supplying household requirements, the supply from the mine was largely used for steam purposes. The largest quantity went to the Railway Department, which had requisitioned the company to supply every available ton of coal. The company had endeavored to do so, and the quantity to be supplied this year would probably amount to 40,000 tons. For the past two months the company had been supplying the Railway Department with over 800 tons of coal a week, most of which came from the Extended Mine.