SCARCITY OF COLLIERS.
1 MINING COMPACT EMBARRASSED, i [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] 1 WELLINGTON, Monday. The shortage of shipping for the carriage ! of coal from West Coast ports is seriously ' discommoding at least one of the' com- ' panies mining coal there.] In the House , of Representatives to-night Mr, P. C. j Webb (Grey) said that at Brunner the company could not pay the miners' wages. , The Minister for Mines said that tys nad , been in touch with the agents of the com- ; gany, and the fact was that the company 1 was unable to pay wages on the ordinary pay day, on account of delay ra shipping 1 coal. Immediately the coal could, bo taken ' away the company would be able to pay. 1 Ho 'understood that, although the mine ; was idle,-the company bad no intention, of stopping tie pumps and allowing the mino . to flood. , • . . t
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16665, 9 October 1917, Page 4
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146SCARCITY OF COLLIERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16665, 9 October 1917, Page 4
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