The Thames Star FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919. COAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13933, 11 July 1919, Page 2

The Thames Star

FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919. COAL

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The ooaO. position in: thiiei oauntay ha« spine very ipeouiMiar featarfes., the cthiei ooue being. ttihe dmiposeibiliijty of get•ting aib tine itnie feots of the dajseCoal is afppairemitiy very Bcaro© aiud is wrttaaniy vetry dafiiciuiliti for tihei ordainary smoaitial to .parQciure, yeifc the Hospital Boiand is aMe to secure a. ooni"tir&cifo focp deliTieffing coal afc tiforeie ehilliing's a, ton less thaim lasiti yetar. We ,coaijgaiaitluilafte tha Board, but "*v« ctanvnot uaid'earstaaiid how this be when it is far. more difFioudti for the ordinary householder 1 ta gelt coal now tihiaHi i)b was twelve moirethe ago. Them 1 we garther ittob the Matiaitoiki faqttoay ha« mare coal sbdeika now than for three yeante, ail its suppliers are fully B*ocked and more coial, not. ordeatd, ooaiiieig along to thasns. We wanit tae Ma.tatoM faidtioiry and all other dairy factitories to ha(v«" all tih© cwal they jneed, but why shouHd 1 it be neciessaivy at thle mxw ihv& far (the householder jin, Thlaineg to bag 1, steal, and imitfimtt- ! date in order to seouire a. bag /ait a time? And why further shwld the Hospital of ithiis dieltdutet, while get|ttog ills coal suipiplies ram's cheaply, haire to use fia-awood, borrow eouil rroan busiiiieisis firmis and siend wires up amid' dawn New Zealand ia" order to obtoin enough coal-to keep sick people comfortable* We confess the dor.-] prablem is beyond us. I Then onir i^aiilways almost cense becft-uise ortihe fifbcwtiage of steam cmn —hso rumis -the official story. Them the ntewspia.pjrs tell of one staitdom, Frainikltoii', Wavimg; at store of 200 C tans-of cioial. The oirae-thing; tha,fc I« dean- aboa«ti the railway qK-oibleimi is tha* when Sir Josaph Ward hia^ ohairge of them tiharo wa® ai reservif. hield foif emiei-pjenciies, of .80,000 toinf of coal. Acdoi'diirug 1 to Hie Hon. W. H Herriee, who should know -bhe true poaitaori,..'titws reserve hiae been dfe®: ipaited aaid rtmnin^ .atoaks Lav© al most .vaniisJied-. We cfladm. nio asn-nei kmoiwledge, bulb, we ds> say, that thi: eatdng; up- of tihe ir«iea*ve, whrich oc curred' motsitly diwiiaig tihe Herries re game, is. imdomibtedly laa-gely reepon fiiible for tlje- present pasi!ti<m: of a.f fan its. The Liberal railway adminis traitaom had mot moire 'bnitit'en* ariitii( .tlham Mr Hert"ieisi, bn.Til:, he has 1 pronrec a far 1 jgrwiteff 1 succass. && a- critiic thin - as am) admiirai'SitiraifccKr. The outcome? o thii« brainch of ' ih'e cbal prtM&m v warapipfed in mystery, but ii ie gtaitec

fwSSSSmSimmSISSmmSmSSSSSSiSSSSimSSSSSSmS^ [ itibait no redieif ctam be esxpeqtied before ! early Auigust, which ciuiiiiowsly' emougU , | is when Mr Massey and Sir Joseph p Ward return- to (these shores. Their y liast return "wias the herald of dlisasi tors; we this* thtes voyage their re- | turn will be tihe- signal for a', revival > Off li&tiiopal life. r .!