BRUNNER MINE IDLE.
CLOSURE OF A BRIDGE. BINS OVERFLOWING WITH OOAIi. [BY TELEGRAPH. —FBESS ASSOCIATE)!:.] GrTEYMOTJTE, Thursday. Recently the Government decided to close the railway bridge from Brntmer'to. the Brunner mine- As a result the bins are overflowing. As they are now holding GOO tons of coal the Brnnner coalmine was compelled to close down last night. The company is prepared to haul coal across the bridge without danger to anyone, but the Railway Department will not permit it. Twenty men are idle. Mr. H. B. Holland, M.P., wired the Minister for Railways on the matter on Monday and again last evening, but has had no reply.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17691, 28 January 1921, Page 4
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