SHORTAGE OF GOAL

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 97, 26 April 1916, Page 6

SHORTAGE OF GOAL

ECONOMY ADViSEJ),

" 'There is hound to bo a shortage •of coal during tirw winter," stnted an ; authority on the subject in W-eliing- ', ton last v:oek. "1 Avon't say it wili be serious, but there will bo" a pinch- . whicli will be felt all round. You j should tell people to economise, and ) not. waste so much coal as they do ; now- Why, the way wo . waste* coal ; by burning it in open grates is a. disj graco to■ "civilisaLicji. It is sheer I wa?te. In Germany it b turnod into ; gas and coko." j Fni-thei- inquiries solicited the fact j that a shortage is apparent oven now. | Tlie bar at Gi-eymouth, and to a less i extcjit at Westport, has !'>es;i giving considerable trouble, and floods liave | done very much damage on the West j Coast generally, but the paucity of | tonnage is at the bottom of" the short- « age. 'J'he Union Steam Ship Com- | pany is unable to supply tlie* neces- { sary ships to take coal away from tlii>. j Const and in this respect the position is liliely to become worse. The few ships that are left in the general service are required for other purposes, and only a few can be .spa red occasionally for ths coal trade. ft isnot the Union Company's fauli't. Another matter which is affecting the supply is the quantity required by the Admiralty.