COAL HOLD-UP
BRITAIN’S DIFFICULTIES COLD AND GALES ADD TO HARDSHIPS SERIOUS SITUATION ARISES * (Rec. 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 5. The Ministry of Fuel states that a serious situation has arisen regarding the supply of coal throughout Britain through interruptions to the railways and coastal shipping as a result of the exceptional cold and gales. Fifty-seven ships loaded with coal are unable to leave ports and 30 which have discharged their cargoes, are unable to return to the loading ports. Loading appliances in South Wales are frozen up. Snow has seriously interfered with the railway workings in the Midlands and blocked thei colliery sidings in Durham andi Northumberland. Several large col-| lieries are unable to work. r ; The position is particularly bad in: London where the power stations normally draw the bulk of their supplies by sea. I
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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 February 1947, Page 7
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