COAL SUPPLY POSITION

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23248, 7 February 1941, Page 8

COAL SUPPLY POSITION

GREATER OUTPUT CLAIMED INCREASING DEMAND (PRESS iSSOCTATIO* TELEeamJ WELLINGTON, February *• Coal supplies from New Zeabn* mines were increasing and not decreas* ing. said Mr T. 0. Bishop, secrete# of the New Zealand Coal Mine Own* ers' Association, to-day. He said tM the trouble in obtaining sufficient c®“ was due to the heavily increased demand for New Zealand produce. Mr Bishoo’s attention was drawn " statements lit Auckland recently / the Auckland Electric Power in common with other power h®"®* was short of coal, and the snorteS might result in restrictions m u* e of electricity. Actually, said Bishop. New Zealand we flLi, ducinff more coal than ■ 3g£ nne L y «5l but the Auckland itnow a consumer er quantity of it ev ' quired before, because of the ute of hydro-electric plants to cope the demand for power we r« The railways, said Mr Bls *^E’ e jfe* also making extra demands on w j,, Zealand coal mines, one of the being inability to import A coal, and another an increase 1 fa loads due to military requirern petrol restrictions also made w 6 er coal consumption. , New Zealand collieries “3“ ■ j {of called upon to supply extra had power, railways, and gas. ana ffa j affected other consumers. Tne j no doubt that the utmost res the coal mines. particularly in the North Island, would be taxe current years. ' , '