TE KUITI COAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1220, 5 June 1919, Page 5

TE KUITI COAL.

RAIDED BY FAUVJERS. HEAVY WAGGONS USED If the syndicate which is considering th» question of developing the coalfield a few miles from Bangatiki, does not bestir itself, it will find less coal on its holding than it anticipated. That the coal is present in great quantities is apparent to anyone, as the outcrop can be plainly seen and the river runs over and through it. So easily worked ia the outcrop that people visit the field from far and near and prospect on their own to some purpose.

On Tuesday, the King's Birthday, a large number of men were observed hewing coal and bagging it in readiness for transportation to their hemes. One man had collected fifty to seventy bags, which ha was carting to Otorohanga.

Another cboib a distance of twenty miles with two five-horse teams. Be had spent a day on the road, a day on th» field, and intended to take a further 24 hours on the return trip. A party of visitors asked Bome of the coal heavers whether they had permission to take coal. Consternation was seen depicted on their f&ces, but it was soon seen that the critics bad no right to criticise, and work was immediately resumed. The road in places is very nerrow, and a motor car had to be jacked out of a bad spot before the party could proceed homeward.