EXPORT CHARGES ON GOAL
AIAY SERIOUSLY AFFECT MINING. FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. WESTPORT, June 26. At a meeting of the executive of tlio Buller Progress League strong exception was taken to an intimation that the export charge of 9d per ton on coke and coal, would carry with it the 40 per oemt. charges, imposed for war revenue purposes, making an additional 4d per ton in the charges. It was stated that these two charges were going to have a serious effect on the existing coal mines and also mining development in view of the attempts that were being made in Australia to capture the New Zealand market. The executive resolved invite the Mayor td call a public meeting of protest.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11247, 27 June 1922, Page 7
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