SHORTAGE OF COAL
DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. (By Telegraph — Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. Replying to a deputation from tie Trades and Labour Council, which complained of the shortage of State coal, the Hon. W. Fraser, Minister of Mines, said that Point Elizabeth mine was producing nothing like the quantity it yielded before. Nearly £IOO,OOO had been spent in extending the railway to the Point, where there was a large deposit. When this was finished there would he a large supply. He confessed that he was not satisfied with many things in connection with the State coal mines. There was no desire on the part of himself or his colleagues to prevent the carrying out' of the scheme to its fullest extent. He hoped to obtain soon a larger quantity of State coal for distribution in Wellington.
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(United Prut Aisoeiation—By Meetixc Telegraph — Copyright.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10688, 7 August 1912, Page 5
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144SHORTAGE OF COAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10688, 7 August 1912, Page 5
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