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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 2

Miners on the Obinemuri goldfields use candles of a mild pink shade when working underground. This is a custom that has survived from the halcyon days of the field when thousands of men were employed by the major companies then operating. It was found that large quantities of the candles issued to the ineti were being taken away from the workings, and to stop this practice arrangements were made with the manufacturers to color subsequent supplies. It is recounted by present-day sfners that this did not completely solve the problem, as within a short time of their introduction, pink candles appeared in many homes, where they were greatly admired, and the position was further /complicated hy local storekeepers having plblc candles on sale. However, pink candles are still being, supplied by the Talisman Dubbo company to its men at Knrangahnke, the issue being six candles to each tvro then for an eight-hour shift.