COAL SUPPLY.
THE RAILWAYS SHORT
fUNiTED Pnssß Absociation.]
'file Railway- Department lias neveibeen so short of coal as it is to-day. Tho! hold-up of steamers at J\'e\vcastle has! cut off many thoxtsands of tons Avhiclij the department had hoped to receive I during the past two months. At the I same time the New Zealand output has j heen far below normal by reason of the I stoppage of operations during the epidemic for about three weeks and the, Christmas holidays of about a fortnight. Jt is expected that, unless the coal supply improves quickly^ the department! will be obliged to make "some cuts in! train services. j
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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 14961, 8 January 1919, Page 7
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108COAL SUPPLY. Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 14961, 8 January 1919, Page 7
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