THE COAL COMMISSION.
[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 2. At the Coal Commission, Mr Martin Kennedy, formerly owner of the Brunner mine, . emphatically denied that the Coalpit s and Wallsend mines were deliberately 'wrecked for the benefit of other properties. It was absolutely no use to re-open either of 'those mines, as they were worked out. Speaking generally, he believed' that coalmining had paid, but it was doubted if in the Grey Valley it had repaid tl^e capital put into at. He was not prepared to express an opinion as to the amount of coal remaining on the West Coast. *
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7088, 2 May 1901, Page 3
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100THE COAL COMMISSION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7088, 2 May 1901, Page 3
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