MINE MANAGER FINED
FAILING TO WITHDRAW A
WORKER
(HI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
DUNEDIN, This Day. In the Police Court to-day, David M'Neill was charged with failing to withdraw Robert William Smith from an unsafe place in the Brighton Coal Mine. Mr, MacGregor, K.C., who prosecuted, said that the defendant was the manager of the mine, and Smith was killed by a fall of stuff. Defendant, at 7.55 a.m. on the day of the accident, examined the fall where Smith was working and found it safe. At 2 p.m. he again visited the place and heard a sound which indicated looseness. Defendant told deceased to take down the stuff. On his return at 3.5. p.m. he found this had not been done and told^ Smith emphatically to take it down. The fall took place almost immediately afterwards, and Smith was killed. Defendant's counsel argued that thei instructions given were reasonable. The Magistrate said defendant should have withdrawn Smith. Defendant was fined £5 and costs.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 133, 3 December 1919, Page 8
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162MINE MANAGER FINED Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 133, 3 December 1919, Page 8
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