WESTPORT COAL.
[by telegraph.—press association.]-• Westi'ort, Thursday. ' There is an extraordinary demand for Westporfc coal. In spite of,the fact...that the Westporfc collieries are working double time, steamers have to wait their turn for two or three days before cargoes can.Tieprovided. The Westport Harbour Board has ! received '- advice that several large ship-' ping companies in London- are now prepared to enter into the foreign Trade, and urging them to ■; provide'; early facilities for handling 'large • tonnage. The Board has received authority to extend the eastern breakwater, as recommended by the Board's engineer, with a view to increasing the dentil of water on the bar. • \ ' ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13192, 1 June 1906, Page 6
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