THE CASE OF BROKEN HILL.
STOPPAGE OF MICNES. Press- Association.— By Eloc-'-r trie Tel^raipli.-T^Copyright. : . . Syjiney, June 23. 'The Broken Hill J and Stephens Creeica supply gave out suddenly to-day and. operations all along the Jine of tiielode, excepting 1 the British," whicih willprobably close do\yn to-mjorrow, ceas-J -. ed- ' - - " '" v 3 -'■'.'"* ► The Proprietary Company are ar-«^ ranging to obtain a supply from the adjoining! closed mines and other I sources and hope to restart in a fewv days. Meantime underground c works will bo l^ept,. going. , ■>> There is\-stiJl sufficient water avaißn able for aya v fortnight for domestic p,ur-\ poses. " ' . " The first ti'ain from SoutJi Australia., under the arrangement with, the New South Wales Government,, starts .to-mfc»ri-ow. The cost will be 37/6 per 1000 gallons., . , Tho New So-Uth \Males Government wired a departmental officer at Barrier to make all arrangements agaihsV famine. Closing , the mines • rendered idle 5000 men. , , Should the Proprietary Gomjpany bej able to re-atavt there will, «till be between 2QOQr 3000 m,en idle. - Xhe towna^vpresents a deserted ,ap- \ .poarance, am« it is in partial Jdar&ness owing to.the.jgreatly l^educed electric * lighting. A correspondeTit says that whisfey drinkers are giving assistance* in pre-* sexVing- tihe preciotus iiuid, by takiiig iheir ■ Kqwor unwatered. ', >. - "s. -;" uf^ A» opinion i 9 :. freely * expresses*. t&aV now the mines,^re closed, . several will" not be re-opened, until the price of •lead 'improves. The rain-making experiments iso far 3 hflive • been ? ■ unavailing-. The ' weather* to-nigb/fc is cloudy.: "'
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12290, 24 June 1903, Page 7
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240THE CASE OF BROKEN HILL. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12290, 24 June 1903, Page 7
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