WESTPORT COAL.
LOCAL ADVANCE IN PRICE. [by TELEGRAPH. —PRESS association.] Westport, Wednesday. The Westp.>rt Coal Company has notified Westport customers of increases in the price of coal on and after Starch 1, via., screened coal, from 17s to 18s per ton; unscreened coal, from 13e to 14s; small coal, from 10s to 10s 6d. . Mr. Dixon, district manager, informed the Press Association agent that the advance was due to the altered conditions of working, at the miuee having increased the cost of production. Since the Ministers visited Dennfetoa colliery the operations have proceeded with pleasurable smoothness. The output is being splendidly maintained, and the relations between the management and the employees leave nothing to be desired. ] Drc.vj'.mjN, Wednesday.
In connection with the increase in the price of Westport coal at Westport, Mr. Joachim (general manager of the company) states that there is no intention of advancing prices in Dunedin, the increase being purely local. t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13672, 13 February 1908, Page 5
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