MORE WATER IN MINE.
TROUBLE AT HIKUKANGI. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHANGARF.I, this day. Another invasion of water has occurred in the Hikurangi coalmine, but the trouble is small in comparison with : the heavy flooding in July. ; The drive through the stone dip evi- ' dentlv struck a crevice full of water in the iimtsfcone country and - nwamped two pumps. Thes# 1 out. fcf action, l>ut'bthera i^irtheV 1 drive carried on, and it 'is ~hdp^iQt| 5 have the water out within a few f The two ■ affected pumps - able to work/nintil their motors". - dried out. ... The coal dip, another branch I lindergrouM drive, where c-oal >• being hewed before the big July, e is now almost dried out. and s duction of coal is expected to staejj again shortly.' ,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 269, 12 November 1937, Page 9
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