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IN CASE OF DISASTER.

MINE RESCUE STATIONS. PROPOSAL BY MINERS, [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] • WELLINGTON. : Wednesday. A letter has been sent to the Minister for Mines, Hon. G. J. Anderson, by the secretary of the New Zealand Miners' Federation, Mr. P. O'Rourke, with regard to the establishment, of rescue stations and tho giving of special training to rescue bands in with New Zealand mines, in case of mining disasters, such as occurred recently in Australia, at the Bell Bird mine, in New South Wales, and Mount Mulligan, in Queensland. "There are not at present in New Zealand," says Mr. O'Rourke, "any appliances that could bo • successfully used in the event of such a disaster, and certainly no body of men versed and experienced in the handling of such appliances. This state of affairs, we contend, the Government should immediately remedy."

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10

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IN CASE OF DISASTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10

IN CASE OF DISASTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10