ACCIDENTS IN MINES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15557, 6 March 1911, Page 7

ACCIDENTS IN MINES.

REPORT OF A COMMISSION. United Press Association —By Electrio Te legraph—Copyri ght. LONDON, March 4

In October Mr Winston Churchill appointed a committee, with Mr Mastorman as chairman, to consider rescue arrangements in mines and draft regulations. The committee has now reported. It recommends tho establishment of a brigade in every mine and borough, to be trained and fitted tor rescue work, which will be restricted to authorised persons. It also recommends tho maintenance of the necessary apparatus and the latest tracings of the workings in mines.