“VERY GOOD”
COAL PRODUCTION 231,453 TONS IN FEBRUARY, (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 15. Coal production under the sevenhour day in all districts had been very good to date. There was not the slightest doubt that if it could be continued at the present level the miners would more than make good their promise to maintain production, stated the Minister of Mines, Mr. A. McLagan, in announcing last night the production figures for February The Minister added that coal production for February of this year amounted to 231,453 tons, as compared with 225,862 tons for February, 1947, an increase of 5591 tons. A satisfactory feature of the increase was that production for the month from underground mines was up 7658 tons as compared with the corresponding month last year. Open-cast production showed a decrease of 2067 tons, but this was for purely temporary reasons which had since been overcome. It was certain that the Open-cast production for the coming winter would be higher than for any similar previous period. The aggregate production from the open-cast mines which commenced in October, 1943, amounted up to the end of February to not less than 1,528,002 tons.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22613, 16 April 1948, Page 5
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192“VERY GOOD” Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22613, 16 April 1948, Page 5
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