A STATE COAL SLUMP.
WESTPORT, July 12
Very strong dissiaitisfaction is expreiss. t>d at' Seddonville and in Westport, at -the scarcity of orders for the State Coal Mine. The coal miners are working a Jiai-d coal equal to, or little short of the best coal mixed in ttihe district, and they caiimot understand why so few orders are forthcoming. The soft coal previously mixed is away dn another part of the field altogether, arid is not Being worked <ait the present time. In lihree weeks the miners only worked four days. They propose to send a deputation to Wellington to lasoerttain the reason for this most unsatisfactory state of affairs.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12550, 13 July 1905, Page 8
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110A STATE COAL SLUMP. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12550, 13 July 1905, Page 8
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