The situation of the Westport-Stockton Company's colliery is quite different from the current idea of a coal-mining township. Most of the employees live in a township on a plateau some hundreds of feet above sea level, within easy walking distance of typical New Zealand bush scenery. They are conveyed to and from their work by electric locomotive. Thero are no deep shafts to descend, but the coal a reached through tunnels in tho hill-side on an easy walking prado The company has built a number of houses for the men, Mid is building more as opportunity off ore, from, plana prepared by a town-planning «£pert. These houses aw sold or rented U the emplovecs on veiy easv terms. No reasonable effort is spared to make the living conditions as pleasant and convenient as possible. The company having a gr'at demand for its product-, a considerably extending its plant, and no doubt will be able to absorb a good ? ny returnedl men who are fit to undertake this class of work. —(Advt.) 4 Bowlers! Rub a little "Keep-Smiling" Lino Polish on your bowls, it will preserve the wood and improve yourplay; 8d largo tin.—Sraeeton's, Ltd, Children like Wade's Worm Figs i sure j and certain. Price, 1? 6d.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17140, 21 April 1919, Page 3
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207Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17140, 21 April 1919, Page 3
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