DAMAGED COAL LAMPS.
LIGHT FINE IMPOSED AS WARNING. (Ep.om Ocr Own Cokrespondent.) KATFANGATA, September 16. A case_ of more than ordinary interest to miners, insomuch as it is the first to be brought under the Coal Mining Amendment Act of 1914, section 8 (46b), was heard at the Magistrate's Court-, Kaitangata, on tho 15th inst. A trucker was charged by the manager of the New Zealand Coal and Oil Company with wilfully damaging two safety lamps, and that he did not give notice of the damage to fireman, examiner, or deputy. Mr Stewart (for the company) stated that he did not urge for a heavy penalty, but as a warning against the prevailing practice of miners and truckers sending their lamps to the surface hanging on coal boxes. Workers must carry their famps up, and hand them in to the lamp room. In this case accused had sent up two lamps on coal boxes, and they were damaged on reaching the surface to the extent of £l. The Magistrate pointed out the seriousness of the charge, as careful handling of lamps played an important part in the safety of miners. Accused was fined £l, solicitor's fees (£1 Is), costs (7s), and £l (amount of damage done to lamps).
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Otago Witness, Issue 3418, 19 September 1919, Page 26
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208DAMAGED COAL LAMPS. Otago Witness, Issue 3418, 19 September 1919, Page 26
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