PRICE OF COAL.
•'Pm,— Taking up one of the Auckland p«pi«r« 1 tend the following »dTWt»«em^ntk of tho Waikato ''Ftcmu N»Tijj»t ; on and Coal Mining Oompnny f — "Waikato coal. The Company luppiy the ~*t.} ore oonl i<T(tned, and -oftuptrior quality, at ihe following rat fa. Taken from truok at any •railway station, not leu than 5 tons at 20s 'per lon. Delivered in town and subnrfc* at 25s per ton." Now, Sir, if tho Ooinp.my cun d,ehT«r a ton cf sereoned c«al in Auokland, town or vtiburhs at 25t per ton, ' how is it that we lare vdiarprd 27s per ton at the landing place, at «iy, -BhimJiod ? ,4n tlie cn*e of tbtf Ancltiand sold coal it has to be taken by burge to ♦Mercer, .tran•tbipprd and forwarded from that place by rail to Auckland, and yet though il is cent in barret 'direct frczn 'the miue mouth to the Hamilton (Htlcmrnt, "without transhipment or mil way clmrgr, it i> pold dearer at the landing \hw it -nould be delivered at to purchaaer'a doori in- the mburl-a of Auckland, and in the.lattertJMi ninat Übe slfck. - I am, ke, Honst-XIEMB. Jiennlionj-June 27th, 1876.
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Waikato Times, Issue 641, 29 June 1876, Page 3
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192PRICE OF COAL. Waikato Times, Issue 641, 29 June 1876, Page 3
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