HUNTLY MINE FIRE.
AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION. MEN RESUME WORK. Work in connection with the Extended y Coalmine at Huntly was recommendec . this morning. Owing to a lire last week 1 in the west section, operations had to ! v - be suspended. An inspection of j f the mine was made yesterday at ' r the requst of the miners by Mr. | _ F. Reed, ex-Chief Inspector of Mines, i , who was accompanied by the pre- | ,|!sident of the Miners' i'nion, Mr. H. L. '| Roberts. In the afternoon Mr. Reed's re- ! ' s | port was considered at a meeting of the i _ union and it was decided to resume j |. work to-day. Operations are to be con- j J fined to the north section for the pre-J | sent, but in order to provide employ-! I ment for those who were engaged ill t ' the section which caught on fire a double j shift will be worked. The area in which' , the outbreak occurred has been blocked ! t off and the mine is considered to be j i quite safe j
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1922, Page 3
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