COAL INDUSTRY

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 May 1925, Page 5

COAL INDUSTRY

DOMINION REGULATIONS. (Per Press Association.) . J" = WELLINGTON, May 22. The regulations under the Coal Mines Act, (? which had been subjected to much .amendment since they wtere originally drafted in 1915, have been consolidated,. and a'number of further alterations ; have been embodied in them, A;. 1 /',/. - . 1 ' Mine officials in future niust now furnish a,medical certificate tliat their sight, and hearing are not affected. Safety . appliances must,, be always kept ready. Where . shifts are worked the foreman in charge must iiot leave without conferring, with his successor; x Instructions are given for dealing with lamps inflammable gas, and other safety measures are provided, A, new,clause is added regarding railway sidings, which diave been the cause of numerous fatal accidents. No explosives may how be stored underground in any mine.

HOMELAND EXTREMISTS BEATEN

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

, t LONDON, May 21. How badly extremists were routed is revealed by the official figures of the voting at the Coal Miners’ Conference at Blackpool, which, by 571,000 votes to 230,00 Q, side-stepped a motion for the preparation of new wages demands. The Executive of the Federation threw its weight in favour of inaction, no doubt as the result of the disclosure of the serious plight of the coal industry. Ah owners’ and miners’ joint conference will now further investigate a solution, of the slump problem. The next interesting test of strength as between the militarists and the moderates will be 'at the Miners’ Conference, on June 4, to discuss the revival of the Triple Alliance. *