STATE MINE TROUBLE

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12942, 6 December 1909, Page 5

STATE MINE TROUBLE

WESTPORT'S OPPORTUNITY.

Record Outputs.

(Per United Presn Association.)

WESTPORT, December 6. The coal miners in the. Westport district are cheerfully and successfully seconding the effort* of .the companies, to meet the pressure in the demand? for coal. At Ngakawau the men make no objection to working on pay Satnrday, and at Scddonville and'Gramty the' miners are briskly employed. At Denniston on Friday another daily- record was established. The output ior. the day for one shift being 1573 tons. The waterside men at Westport are working 1 overtime, and it is only in one or two isolated cases any objection has been made. ■ Although a large quantity of coal is -being handled, the railway is moving the mineral smartly, and there has not been the slightest congestion in the shipping. The co-operation of all concerned is a gratifying feature of the rush. The pace of production, haulage, and shipment will go- a long war to prove that New Zealand can supply all her own coal demands. The output from the Westport Coal Company's mine during November was 51,761 tons 11 cwt., the Seddonville State mine 6142 tons 1 cwt., Stockton Company 13,66* tons; or a total of 71,766 tons 17 cwt. During the month one hundred and four steamers worked the port.