SHORTAGE OF COLLIERS.
IBY TELEGRAPH.—OTO CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHTJRCH, Monday. Some of the largest concerns in the city including the Chxistchurch City Council, are experiencing the greatest difficulty in getting supplies of coal, owing to the shortage of shipping. Retail suppliers are rigidly limiting the quantity they will supply to customers, to ensure thai all classes of the community get a fair share ol whatever supply s available. The shortage is stimulating the demand for electrical power but owing to the fact that the capacity of the machinery installed at Lake Coleridge has already reached its limit the amount of assistance lfmitod. **"* qUarter is sim
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16581, 3 July 1917, Page 4
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103SHORTAGE OF COLLIERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16581, 3 July 1917, Page 4
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