MINING DANGERS
BRITISH COMMISSION’S REPORT HEAVY ANNUAL AVERAGE LOSS OF LIFE. . MEANS OF BRINGING ABOUT REDUCTION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 21. The report of the Royal Commission on Safety in Coal Mines, which sat for three years, emphasizes that mining is the most dangerous of all major industries. with an average annual loss of life of about 850, but the commission believes that with the necessary’ effort these terrible figures can be reduced. The commission stresses the need for a change of attitude in the mining industry itself—among owners, officials and workers alike —leading to a higher standard of professional conduct regarding safety.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 5
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