COAL FOR RAILWAYS
POSITION STILL SERIOUS
NORTH ISLAND STOCKS LOWER
(By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, this day. Although the permit system for passenger travel has been discontinued and permission has been given for the carriage of racehorses other than on express and passenger trains, inquiries show that the coal position from the railway operating point of view is still serious.
It was sttaed to-day that it was naturally the desire of the Railways Department to reinstate its full services, but that could not be done until stocks of coal had been augmented considerably. In railwav depots in the North Island on Monday of this week there were 10,453 tons of coal, a decrease of 1549 tons compared with the position on the previous Monday. The coal stocks in hand in the South Island on Monday showed an increase of 628 tons, compared with the stocks held on Monday of last week. The position is still such that the Department feels that it is necessary to reiterate its request to the public to refrain from travelling on the railways, except where it is absolutely necessary.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 217, 13 September 1944, Page 6
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