POSITION IMPROVES
COAL SUPPLES IN BUT UN (P«cd. 6 n m.) Rugby. Feb. 17. The Minister of Fuel, Major Tfloyd George. broadcasting to-night, said the gan between the production and '•on--umnfion of coal h«d be°n closed. Last .Tulv the gan was about TLOOnfiOO tons and this had been closed by the efforts of consumers and producers. Consumers had saved nearly 4,000 00 r tons, and the extra output asked from minors had heen considerably ex ce-'ed The Minister said this year there would be fewer mon than ’ever in the pits, and this would have to be met by more mechanisation and the concentration of miners at the most productive pits.—B.O.W. ' ’ ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 41, 19 February 1943, Page 5
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