COAL FAMINE.
(Per Press Association > Duncdin, June 11. A local coal agent informed a reporter to-day that he was experiencing u great difficulty at present in securing sufficient coal to supply orders. Customers in se-vera! cases were taking' double and treble the quantities usually, ordered to be on the safe side should the Federation of Labor call the miners; out on strike. All the mines : n Otago: are woiking at high pressure, trying to; keep pace with the demand.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11657, 12 June 1912, Page 6
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79COAL FAMINE. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11657, 12 June 1912, Page 6
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