INCREASING THE COAL OUTPUT.
THE NEED FOR RAILWAYS.
, (Pm Uarrarj Paws Association) ' WESTPORT, May 20. The telegram from Christchurch regard- > H 1 ?? tho proposal to develop the coal * pleasures at Fox's River, about 30 miles south of Westport, has attracted a good • deal of notice in local business circles, and both morning and evening papers hav<s leaders on the subject. It is suggested that a railway to Fox's River, taking en route the Charleston field, the four-mile and the \ six-mile, all large coal-bearing areas, and using Westport as the outlet, would be an •, even better proposition than shipping from " Woodpecker Bay. All tho facilities exist at Westport for handling treble the present output, and the Tauranga Bay line runs within 10 miles of Charleston. The early completion of the lino to Charleston is icontemplated_'by private concerns, which have also in view the working of large timber areas.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17630, 21 May 1919, Page 6
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