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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1944, Page 4

[A CARD] I YR. W. A. BIRD will be on duty THIS WEEK-END. .

Greymouth will now to St'S or its principal.household «>als as a Uer a further decision of the iviiiuiig .. Strongman State coal was’ to _ day market on September 13 ana as aiuu w ;+h Braehead coal is toing similarly dealt with. These two coals provided almost household coal consumed in Greymoutn. in the case of Strongman posrhon is to oe reviewed next week, but with Braehead no review period has been set. Supples , . er coals will be available . fr °™ ■, there but as far as domestic use is concerned there has been practically no demand for other than Strongman and Braehead. The Government has under consideration proposals for the establishment of television in the four main centres after the-war. stations will have a radius of 20 miles. ine information that the Government bad te ~ vision under consideration was, given by the Minister in charge of Broadcasting (Mr. Jones) when the House of Representatives was considering the broadcasting vote yesterday. Answering questions about tne large reserves being built up by the department, Mr. Jones mentioned some of the reasons why the reserves would be needed. He said the preliminary estimates for a television service in the four main centres the cost of the stations would be £2,330,000, annual depreciation £548,000, technical services £94,000 a year, and programmes £873,000 a year. They were not going to do that on 25/- a year.