COAL SUPPLIES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160735, 23 August 1920, Page 9

COAL SUPPLIES.

SERIOUS POSITION AT WELLINGTON. WATERSIDERS’ W 7 AYS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 23. A serious position has arisen regarding coal supplies in "Wellington. Three vessels are in port with 4000 tons aboard, but are not being discharged owing to a dispute with the watersides relative the discharge of superphosphates on a Japanese steamer. The trams cease running at 2.30 this afternoon, but resume at 4.30, and then run for two hours more only. The electric light for domestic purposes will probably give out at 9 o’clock tonight, and gas supplies will cease about 6 'o’clock to-morrow morning.