SAFETY FOR MINERS

NZ Truth, Issue 1253, 5 December 1929, Page 6

SAFETY FOR MINERS

A WEST COASTER who holds the confidence of the miners and the esteem of the general puhlic m the one-time important mining centre of Brunnerton, where he occupies the mayoral chair with credit to himself and usefulness to hi s borough is John Bmea.ton. A practical mirier, who earns, his crust m the Dobson mine, he possesses not a little of the horse sense which makes all the difference when the heads and the miners get to grips. Looking only for a fair deal for the men who have elected him president of the Grey Valley Miners' Union, Smeaton does not agree to extreme measures until all other possible means of settling little troubles have been unsuccessfully tried. He allows that the boss has rights, and his wise counsel has more than once held m check the more militant among those where he holds sway;