Effect of Nauru Shelling The shelling by a German raider of the phosphate plant at Nauru Island may have some effect on the coal-miners and waterside workers at Westport, where on many occasions in the last few years vessels of the tramp type have called for big quantities of bunker coal, which provides the fuel for the round trip from New Zealand and back. Some vessels in this trade which have called at Westport have been acknowledged as victims of the enemy. Westport is the only port on the West Coast which can be worked by these overseas vessels, and after they discharge their phosphate cargoes at other major ports, Westport is made the final call for bunker coal.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13238, 14 January 1941, Page 2
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