DISCOURAGING PROSPECTS.
r (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.) * CHRISTCHVRCH, Friday. !- The following telepram was received n from the Prime Minister to-day by Mr. ; Jenkins, President of the Canterbury -Industrial Association:—"Every pos- - j sible effort is being made to obtain in--1 creased coal supplies, but with continued ; i stoppages of work in the New Zealand o i collieries, and in consequence of cessaq J tion of shipments from Australia, I re-l-j gret there is litle prospect of increased I t; supplies to your district in the mean-1 I]' time. I can assure you, the Canterbury ! d district is in no worse a position than | ,t other parts of the Domiiion, and is roe! ceivinpf a liberal share of the available >s J supplies." :- J Mr. Jenkins stated to-night that BO o far as he hud gathered, the position with i (- reffard to the coal shortage was acute | if in the Christchureh factories, and there j c were only supplies in hand sufficient to j f, allow the local factories to carry on i- for a week or ten days.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 236, 2 October 1920, Page 12
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