DISTRIBUTION OF COAL.
PROTESTING CUSTOMERS.
Referan.ee to the progress that bad taken' place in the local coal trade was made at a gathering of coal merchants in Christchurch last week.- Forty years ago, said Mr. D. Richardson, the coal trv:de was as bad as American slavery. The hours of work were long, and the returns were small. Coal used to arrive once m three months, and reach Christchurch by way of the bar at Sumner and the old wharf at Woolston. Mr. J. E. Cooper stated that good work was being dona by the Coal Merchants' Association, which insisted- that- only reputable men should be allowed in tjie trade, and'carried, out surprise visits to merchants wUh. a view to ensuring that .full weight wag alia given to l*ne public! In the latter connection he was pleased to be able to stale that no delinquents had yet been found-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18172, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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