MINING COMMISSION.
fliy TelcsraDli.—Press Association ) Rcefton, October 20. The .Mining Commission sat here to-day. Mr. M. ITngair, secretary of the Inangahua Miners' Union, gave evidence re tho recommendation for the better and safer working of mines. Dr. 1'!. H. Scott, for thirteen years a medical practitioner in lienftou, gave e»iclence as to the effects ol pneumoniconcosis in Keefton. For its prevention, lie suggested that a bath and changing-bouses should be erected, and, as miners' ptbisis is generally superimposed on 'tnbcrcnlar disease, great bodily care—not only eight hours' work, but 1C hours off work. Dr. Coulon, medical practitioner, gave details of the) mortality Irom pncuuioniconosis in Ileeftou. In twelve years and a half tiiere had been seventy-nne deaths. Ho advocated bettor ventilation, bathhouse, change-houses, and also disinfecting water and spraying. ii. Oowloy, president of tho Keefton branch of engine-drivers, objected, on their behalf, to the new code of signals lately issued by the Department. Tho chairman (Mr. Evans) said that it was a Gerioiis matter that the signals v.-ero not understood by those who work thorn. The commission closed to-night, and Opens in Greymbuth to-morrow.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 5
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184MINING COMMISSION. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 5
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