HEATING IN MINE
(N.Z. Press Association) GREYMOUTH, April 6. The Strongman State coalmine will be idle for three days as a result of heating in the mine last night The beating was discovered by a deputy during a preshift inspection and the small section involved was sealed off. Mining regulations insist that there be no work in a mine for 48 hours after the discovery of heating. Production at Strongman will not resume until Thursday.
Hawea Sails.—The roll-on vessel Hawea, which was delayed at Lyttelton last weekend after watersiders refused to work cargo on Saturday afternoon, completed loading yesterday afternoon and sailed for Dunedin at 4 p.m. The Hawea is due to return to Lyttelton from Dunedin tomorrow on her way back to Auckland.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32265, 7 April 1970, Page 26
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