COAL RATIONING
TARANAKI SHORTAGE (By Telcgrrapn.—special to Times) NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday A shortage of coal, more pronounced in South than in North Taranaki is at present being severely felt by merchants, and not only has it become necessary to ration some customers, but some merchants have been obliged to conduct a “hand to mouth” business by borrowing small supplies from one another. The shortage is principally in soft or household coal, the bulk of which comes from Waikato mines, and the chief reasons given by merchants for the present situation are that a large amount is being requisitioned by the Railway Department, and that the military camps have created a new demand.
One Hawera merchant stated that never before in all his business experience had the retail coal trade been in a worse state than at present. Of all the merchants in the town, one was simply borrowing from the other as he ran short in order to keep up with the requirements of his customers who, for weeks past, had had to be content with cwt. instead of bag of 1891 b. lots. As stocks arrived more than half went to pay back what had been borrowed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21190, 13 August 1940, Page 9
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198COAL RATIONING Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21190, 13 August 1940, Page 9
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