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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1916, Page 5

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SH£7{?AG£ IN THE DOMINION.

CO A . APPLIES MUST BE luAl.v TAILED. 'id;-.- ;-.i rcTice kj-da by the Hon. J. A.:...•: r •■ V "v-.,v;iß need for keepirfg «. ■■ ■■„ i . ... t' gcing to the front t .»-, ,':.;: d-nt supply of coal for lor d . ;s:aent was the subject of i ,;u >/ a representative of the 4u'c ;.' : : :d "Star' "on Saturday. . The p.>--ii : .i'i was explained ..o be as fol- !,•;-:•. ;;; he past winter Uie shortage ' (i iiiiier.j has had a prejudical effect LO'-.i i.i;« output of coai during the fid. . ;du.3. There have been occasions Yt ~•:, it was- hard to keep customers >up;ilied with the coal ordered. Now, '' v.vber, that warmer weather has set l;lie household consumption is falldig : ff. but th? sliortage has yet to be c:i" vt up before conditions become ■:cv dil. "Usually the demand; for )v:.u :)i lei coal falls off considerably rl,;rii"i:.'; September and October, so ili-i, ihf companies carrying on opera- : .*i ■. •, the Waikato will not be somuch hampered by shortage of miners. It .: the West Coast that the d .:■:•.: s-liorfcage exists at the present, ~:m.; ! . c!id the annual report of the ■ V,', ;.•.■; 'al Company refers to the mpc ,! ,; .' of keeping up the output on «<■ •',■. it nf the scarcity of miners. Even ■ ■ Iho Hauraki goldfields, in spite i'i . rmniber of miners being under pu.fcoddn, there is a scarcity of m'n. .■• ,-'. M 1,,? present time.