LIQUOR TAKEN INTO MINE

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1930, Page 9

LIQUOR TAKEN INTO MINE

DISCOVERY BY A DEPUTY ENGINE-DRIVER INTOXICATED. MAGISTRATE’S SHARP WARNING. By Telegraph.-—Press Association. Hamilton, Last Night. John Tudor, formerly drivpr of a haulage engine in the mine of Glenaftbn Collieries, was charged to-day with taking intoxicating liquor into the mine contrary to Regulation 72 of the Mining Act. Defendant pleaded guilty., Mr. W. Barclay, inspector of mines, stated that Tudor was discovered under the influence of liquor by Deputy AV. Summers at 11 p.m. and was escorted but of the mine. On examination of Tudor’s crib bag in the machinery house a bottle of whisky was found. Asked by the magistrate ’if he had anything to say, defendant replied: “I may as wpll say nothing. It was not pure whisky; there was watei in it.. In imposing a fine Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M., said'that it was a most dangerous practice for a man operating machinery, especially underground, to be intoxicated, as he was a menace to all the workers. “l am of the opinion that a fine of £lOO is the most suitable penalty,” he added. As the case was the first of its kind th.' inspector said he did not press for a heavy perialty. As Tudor had been relegated to a subordinate position, said thoAnagistrata, he would be fined £3, the Bench giving a sharp warning that the next offender would receive no sympathy from the Court.