DAIRY FACTORIES
NOT AFFECTED MUCH BY
SHORTAGE.
(11 TBLBGBAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
PALMERSTON N., 22nd April. A Palmerston agent for one of the largest mines on the West Coast said that barring present supplies on hand no further coal was available. His clients were mostly dairy ■ factories in Taranaki, and flaxmills and dairy companies in the Manawa'tu district. The present shortage would not affect tlje dairy factories much, as they are at the e;ict of the season, but stocks of householders' coal were so low that a pinch would bs felt.
With the closing down of a number of sawmills owing to the Railway Department's refusal to carry timber, it ia suggested that the hands so released could undertake wood-cutting, and somewhat relieve the situation.
As a measure of economy all street lamps are forthwith to be turned out at 10.30 p.m. • ,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 3
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140DAIRY FACTORIES Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 3
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