Northern Miners Continued Work

Northern Advocate, 3 April 1947, Page 5

Northern Miners Continued Work

Producing between them about 1500 tons of coal each week, the Kamo and Hikurangi mines are keeping major industries and hospitals in Northland in operation. There seemed, even before the settlement of the Waikato trouble, to be no likelihood of the miners striking. This was the impression gained as a result of inquiries made at Kamo yes- *: terday afternoon. The local miners appreciated the fact that they were keeping essential undertakings supplied with equally essential coal and, as one miner said yesterday, they had no desire to strike —and nothing to gain by doing so. The Kamo miners held* their usual quarterly meeting on Tuesday and it is understood that only routine matters were discussed. From this mine the weekly output -;-f is about 1000 tons, which is distributed to nearly all the northern dairy companies (with the exception of the Bay j of Islands), the Hokianga, Whangaroa, Bay of Islands and Whangarei Hospital Boards, the Moerewa Freezing Works, and the Portland Cement Works.

A weekly quota of 350 tons is allocated to the Railways Department. The Waro mine at Hikurangi produces on a smaller scale and the coal is distributed for the same purposes.