STATE COAL MINES.
The annual report on. tffhie State ooal mines of the Dominion ishowis ia decrease of 20,827 tonis> jlaist year, compared with the previous year. The ■met profit for the year was about £IOOO. There i& a growing feeling in .the iDominioiL that the State is not litffisinjg. these mines to the best advantage. State coal is made available to only a limited injuimbter of ■townships, and ithe price charged for it repreiseiiits a very, .small reduction upon (the iprice at which other coal (may be obtained. Ftrom, the point of viewt of the. general taxpayer, a business with the turnover of itlie State coal-mines, ishowing a profit on a year's operation® of Only £IOOO, imiust be regarded as isomiewhat hazardous.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10409, 1 September 1911, Page 4
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123STATE COAL MINES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10409, 1 September 1911, Page 4
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