COAL COMPANY IN DEFENCE
Strqng exception is taken by the local agents of the Taupiri Coal. Mines,-Ltd. (Messrs. John Mill and Co.), to the remarks made by the Mayor, in the course of which he asserted ■■ that the slack being sold in Wellington was really a waste product which had been stored at the pit-heads for years. The allegation, they state, was absolutely coitrary to fact, and it ie.suggested that the Mayor should have made full enquiries before making the statement. As to the retail price, that was a matter for tile retailers, who would be able to justify their present charges. Advice had been received from the Taupiri mines to the following .effect:—"AlL slack sent to Wellington and elsewhere 13 fresh from the mine, having; been liewn and consigned the same day. This company does not sell, and never has sold any slack from dump. Give emphatic contradiction to Mayor's statement go far as Taupiri slack is;concerned."'
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 36, 10 August 1918, Page 5
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158COAL COMPANY IN DEFENCE Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 36, 10 August 1918, Page 5
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