OTHER MINES BENEFIT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12387, 7 December 1909, Page 5

OTHER MINES BENEFIT.

RECORD OUTPUTS

(Per Press Association.) WESTPORT, December 6. The ecal miners in the West-port district ara cheerfully and successfully seconding the efforts of the companies to meet the pressure in the demandsfor coal. At Ngakawua the men maa b no objection to working on pay Saturday, and at Seddonville and Granity thamines are briskly employed. At Denniston on Friday Another daily record was established. The output for the day for one shift' being 1573 tons. The waterside men at Westport are> 'working overture, and it 'is only in one or two isolated cases any objection . has been made. Although a largequantity of coal is bains; handled, the railway is moving the mineral smartly, ar.d thero has not bean the slightest congestion in the shipping. The co-operation of all concerned is a ! gratifying feature of the rush. Thopace of production, haulage, and shipment will go a long way to prove-that New Zealand can supply all her own: coal demands. The output from the Westport Coal Cornpauy's mine during November was 51,761 tons llcwt., "the SeddonvilleiState mine. (3142 1 cwt.. Stockton Company 13,863 tons; or a total of 71,766 tons 17' cwt. During the month one hundred and four steamers worked the* port. : ,

WELLINGTON, December G. The Miners' Federation delegates, comprising R. Semple (president) State Collieries R. Manning (secretary, Auckland), Dowgray (Granitz), Fulton (Waikato), Scanlon and Parry (AVaim), and Armstrong (State Mine Extension), discussed matters to-day in connection with the jstirike at the State Coal Mine. It was decided to interview the Minister of Mines. It is understood the Minister was unable, owing t) pressure of business, to meet the deputation to-day.