COAL SHORTAGE.
RAILWAY DEPARTMENT BADLY
PLACED
TRAIN RESTRICTIONS MAY BE
NECESSARY
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, January 7
The Railway Department has never- been so short of coal as it is to-day. The hold-up of steamers at Newcastle has cut off many thousands of tons of which the Department hoped to receive during the v>ast two months. At the present time, the New Zealand output has been i'ar below normal, by reason of
the stoppage of operations during
the epidemic (about three weeks) and the Xrnas holidays (about a fortnight). It is expected that unless the coal supply improves quickly, the Department will be obliged to make some cuts in train services.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17464, 8 January 1919, Page 6
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111COAL SHORTAGE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17464, 8 January 1919, Page 6
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