ANOTHER COAL STRIKE.
TAUPIRI MINE SUSPENDED. 300 TONS A DAY LOST. By Telegraph,—Frasi Association, Auckland, Last Night. Work in the Taupiri Coal Company's Rotowaro mine was completely suspended to-day.
It is stated that the truckers refused to work because no skip* grease was available, notwithstanding the fact that the mine oflicials substituted oil. The truckers are reported to have given no explanation to the officials as to why they would not work, and by their action in leaving the mine without an inquiry into the circumstances they reni dered other mine workers idle. |». The normal daily output from the Kotowaro mine is about 300 tons.
INCREASE OF 2s 6d A TON. Westport, March 12, The Westport Coal Company and th«| Westport Stockton Company have in? creased the price of coal 2s Cd per ton tin all grades. Reports received locally indicate that the output from the West Coast mines from next week will be nor* mnl.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1920, Page 4
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