WEST COAST TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7738, 14 February 1905, Page 2

WEST COAST TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL.

i (Per Press Association.) HEEt'l'J Jeli 13. The Trades and Labour Council is KttU sitting, noveral imj'-orluut resolutions have so f-ir 10-n carried on matters urgently rovi'.'iuj loji»*ajtjon k Huclt as prices oJ coni to miners, weighing of coat ui mines'* jmouth, the use of exploitlvej actl< dent insurance fund, ti;peraiuiuatiou ifund, gas in mines, winders' cut incites, etc, | With regard to vem.UUon. Mr iNewlon (ilrunnrr) moved: "i ha', all imines lie ventilated by /.ins, and i that in all mines where safety tamp* |are used it shall tie compulsory to have a gas tenter at the pit's mouth, so that oach miner can lest his lamp Ivefore entering the mine."—Carriod. I Regarding gas in mine*, Mr C'« jLougftlin, of the Wtate cool minq, moved : "That any ixiraon wishing take a tirenuin's position in a mine shall haw at least two yeatVpracticul experience us a nriniT, and l» compelled to pass ail exaniination bj Iho Inspuclor of Mine# on gases hi'/oiv being allowed io carry a closed lamp to detect gas, and io have a thorough knowledge of timbering and venUlaUon.''—CairitxL. I Mr Belts, secretory oi the Inonga, hua Miners' Inictn, proposed : "That >lO rock drilling machine lie permitted to l)e used in any mine unless a •pray of water, is at all times pro.vided to keep down dust."—Carried.I Ml Ilotts moved another resolution to the effect that the fallowing b» uidded to section II of section J. of I sect ion 208 tj a . Mining Act : "At all times ventMataon shall be provld- & od to the extent of no less than 100 , cubic feet of pure air |H'r minute fpr oaph tpan and youth', and 130 cub(« feet of pure air per minute for each' hoit>e or other animal, which air Nhull sweep undiminished along airways and on to each working face in u mine* where men are employed thereat," 'illis Act he considered a|>- . solulely necessary, and ho would take the matter out of the hands of 1 | the inspectors, who at present touid 1 nut suy whether a place was sellicl- | ently ventilated or jiot. Several iiienilH'rs s|K>ke in favour ! ( fjt the niotipn, urfiiph wan canled ii(4unjmoua|\",