COAL SHORTAGE.
WELLINGTON, May 26. The suggestion has been made that the Railway' Department must now be m a. position to slacken its demands for coal, and thus enable larger supplies to bo available for domestic use. When asked about this matter to-day, the Prime Minister said that the Railway Department was not in a position to do this. Its supplies were not so good at present as a few months ago, and, although the output from the mines had increased, it was not yet back to normal. The department, he added, had been giving supplies to quite a number o local bodies to help them over the difficult periods.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3455, 1 June 1920, Page 23
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110COAL SHORTAGE. Otago Witness, Issue 3455, 1 June 1920, Page 23
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