A SOUTHERN VIEW.
(Per Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, May 5
Investigations into the coal supply made to-day go to show that merchants and others do not share Sir James Allen's fears of a serious shortage. . Though the yards are fairly bare it is anticipated that sufficient supplies will come to hand to enable industries to keep going and household requirements to be met. The manager of the Gas Company says that while they are living from hand to mouth as elsewhere he is confident they will pull through, even if it is by "the skin of their teeth." The freezing works have sufficient reserve stocks to carry them along for four to six weeks, and other primary industries are in the same position. Even if supplies wera entirely cut off they are all connected with Lake Coleridge, which makes them independent of steam power. With regard to the railways, there is stated to be sufficient reserve to maintain normal services for two months.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7563, 6 May 1919, Page 5
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162A SOUTHERN VIEW. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7563, 6 May 1919, Page 5
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