MINE BEING ABANDONED
GRAVE FEARS AT HIKURANGI
THREAT TQ NEIGHBOURING WORKS,
WATER MAY BE UNCONTROLLABLE
UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD DECISION.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Whangirei, Oct. 1. As the result of the Unemployment Board’s decision not to assist in purchasing the pumping plant, the Waro mine at Hikurangi is being abandoned. A start was made to withdraw the pumps this morning. There is grave fear that the flooding of the Waro mine will soon render the Hikurangi Coal Company’s mine unworkable, as the flood waters will be beyond the company’s capacity to control. Over 1200 people are entirely dependent upon the mining industry, the collapse of which would mean a big loss to a large district.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1932, Page 9
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