NEW COAL MINE
OFFICIAL OPENING
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. The Minister of Mines, the Hon. W. A. Veitch, officially opened the Egmont Collieries' coal mine at Tangarakau on Saturday. The chairman of directors said the mine would give a revenue of £30,000 to £40,000 a year to the railways on the basis of a production of 70,000 tons of coal annually. It was hoped to employ 250 men. The Minister in a speech made a strong plea for support of the Dominion's coal industry and for its protection against cheaper imports from other countries.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19300331.2.20
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 March 1930, Page 2
Word Count
97NEW COAL MINE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 March 1930, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.