COAL SUPPLIES.
AUCKLAND MINES STILL CLOSED. SITUATION GROWING MORE ACUTE DAILY. ' AUCKLAND, Sept 9The position in connection with coal supplies is growing daily more acute, and there is still no sign of a betterment of the conditions. The miners at bluntly, Rotowaro and Pukemiro mines remained away from work to-day, and there were no indications that their demand for certain railway concessions would bo granted. Advices from Huntly are to the effect that many of the miners ore growing very discontented at tlie situation and that the view is paining ground that the present strike is unwise, seeing that they have no quarrel with their employers. As the strike continues the matter becomes even graver, stocks of coal being depleted and reserves dwindling rapidly. None of the local industries has been forced to suspend operations, but, unless the shortage of coal is relieved soon, several will have to close until the miners resume. Retailers report that supplies are very scanty and that they are able to' fill urgent orders only and on a proportionate scale.—P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5582, 10 September 1920, Page 5
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