DELIBERATE SABOTAGE
TAPS DESTROYED
MINE WORK STOPPED
Interference with hot water taps serving the bathhouse at the Liverpool State Coal Mine on the' West Coast has resulted in the mine being closed for two dajTs this week, and the police are investigating what is believed to be a case of deliberate sabotage. There it no apparent reason for the damage done.
The Minister of Mines (the Hon. PC. Webb) said last night that he had been immediately informed by the Superintendent of State Mines that deliberate sabotage had been done by some person or persons unknown by damaging the taps, and thus preventing the heat going into the bathhouse. The result was that when the men arrived at the bathhouse to change for work their clothes would be wet and the bathhouse would resemble a freezing chamber.
On the second night, said Mr. Webb, the engine-drivers inspected the pipes frequently, and on the last visit they made found everything in order. However, soon afterwards tampering was again .done, the taps being found destroyed and the bathhouse cold.
"I immediately sent a Labour Department inspector to investigate and also advised the mine manager to place the matter in the hands of the police," said Mr. Webb. "If the guilty person or persons are found they will be instantly dismissed from the mine if employed there and prosecution proceedings instigated. The Miners' Union is co-operating with the authorities to put an end to this obnoxious practice."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 14
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244DELIBERATE SABOTAGE Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 14
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