WEST COAST COAL.
[Per Press Association*.] WESTPORT, March 3. The- bins at the coal mines at the Westport, Westport-Stockton and Seddonville and the railway yards are full, or almost full, of coal with orders in abundance, but there are practically no boats available to take the coal awn v. The State mine is idle tc-day and "is expected also to be idle to-morrow. .An impression prevails Ive thai the failure to send sufficient colliers to Westport :s intended to create the old false impression that New Zealand mines cannot supply the demands of the dominion and so divert trade again to Newcastle. A vigorous effort is stated to be likeiy to be made to indiice the Government to fcaka up the sea carriage of coal.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9789, 4 March 1910, Page 1
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125WEST COAST COAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9789, 4 March 1910, Page 1
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