Coalmining in Golden Bay.— A Wellington syndicate is prospecting for a coal seam between Pakawau and Puponga. At/Puponga 45 miners are at present employed and 25 surfacemen.' The new township has a population of about 150, including women and children. . A number of iue.n' are busy getting the Pakawau mine* ready, and it will soon be in complete working order. The .owners of the Motupipi mine, it is reported, have received a standing nrdor for fifty tons of coal per week, and the prospects of that mine never were brighter. I
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Colonist, Volume XLVII, Issue 11486, 13 November 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)
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91Untitled Colonist, Volume XLVII, Issue 11486, 13 November 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)
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