WESTPORT COAL.
A BIG DEMAND. TIIESS ASSOCIATION. WESTPORT, May 31. TJicro 5s an extraordinary -demand for Westport coal. Tho Westport coll idiots are working double time. Steamers have to wait their turn for two or threo dayu before cargoes can bo pi-ovided. The Westport Harbour Board has _ received advice that several large shipping companies in London are now preparing l<u enter into tho foreign trade, and urging tlio Board to provide at an early datw the facilities for handling. largo tonnage. The Board has received authority to ex* tend tho eastern breakwater, as reoommended by tho Board’s engineer, with a. view to increasing tho depth of viator on tho bar.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5914, 1 June 1906, Page 2
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110WESTPORT COAL. New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5914, 1 June 1906, Page 2
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