The Wellington papers comment strongly on . the monopoly of the coal mines on th West Coast. The mines there and at Westport and Greymouth especially are very valuable,
% have been leased to various r-Z Plies, and very large sums TrS' '"ley have been expended on ° .fours and m other ways in Lin e th| development. The company «£?'•■ cefcd haVe it is said, sold o on" C ° n " anlgamated, and the colony i s £° f G i K V V. a , huge monopoly S cafiot fad to be injurious^ its. ' grl. A Parliamentary Commit! isJvestigatinj? the whole affai, "S wcfiall look with great interest f 0 '£ refit, and for the action to be ti upfut. The Government alotiS? imtffie efficient action if the reportto t, monopoly be correct, and" 1* thenthe responsibility will rest ton tect to public interests and to prevent' the fUblic money hitherto exnenrU beingappropriated merely to faK privai gain. lu ::
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9435, 5 August 1889, Page 4
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