COAL OUTPUT
INCREASE FOR QUARTER STOCKS FOR RAILWAYS (By Telegraph.—press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday For the first quarter of 1941 the Dominion’s coal output showed an increase of 25 per cent on the figures for the same period last year, said the Minister of Mines, the Hon. P. C. Webb. The actual increase for the three months was 100,828 tons. As for the month of March, the production of coal from the principal collieries in New Zealand was 45,712 tons higher than for March last year. As far as the railways were concerned, the stock position in the South Island was quite good, but in the North Island, although there was no need for concern, the position had to be watched very closely to ensure that an adequate reserve of coal was maintained. The household stock position was also satisfactory, said the Minister, and there was no need for the public to be apprehensive of rationing under present conditions.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21410, 2 May 1941, Page 4
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