MT. LYELL
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WORK KEPT GOING. J DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT. , (Received October 24,9.20 a.m.) HOBART, October 24. Tho Lyell Company is keeping certain smelters going, and will construct a tram line to its, Comstock property, chiefly with the object of •'affording relief to the men made idle by the disaster, and keeping the staff, •together till the men are again work, ing. In tho Legislative Assembly, tho leader of the Opposition moved a motioii deploring the fact that the Government bad not insisted on precautions being taken, which would have prevented terrible- loss of life at North Lyell. He stated that he took this action because the mine was to i be flooded; he would have withheld < th e motion had ho thought a Coroner's inquiry would have been "held. Tho Government accepted . the motion as one 0 f want of confidence. The debate chiefly turned on the / question of providing a second outlet at the mine. It wa s shown that the mining regulations did not provide for this, excepting in the case of coller-i<-s. Pho debate was adjourned.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10714, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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188MT. LYELL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10714, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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