HIKURANGI MINE.
SCHEME FOR REOPENING.
STATE TO PROVIDE FINANCE
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent. , )
WELLINGTON, this day
Government assistance in reopening the Hikurangi coal mine will be confined to finance, inquiries here indicating that the Mines Department will not be required to provide pumping plant, although most of the company's pumps are under water. There is also surface gear available.
It is estimated that seven or eight weeks will be required to de-water the
A Pres.s. Association message relating to a deputation to Wellington asking for help to save the mine is published on page lli.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1937, Page 3
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