MINE DANGERS
TWO NEW LIFE-SAVING STATIONS. APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. The Minister of Mines (Mr Webb) announced today that Cabinet had approved the construction of two additional life-saving stations on New Zealand coalfields, one at Oliai. in Southland, and the other in the Waikato district. The stations would cost £7OOO which would be defrayed by a levy on production. The construction of the stations would be expedited and both would bo equipped with the most modern apparatus available. Mr Webb said he hoped the stations would never have to be used for the purpose for which they were being procured, but at the same time the Government felt it should take all precautions against loss of life and property.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1939, Page 6
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124MINE DANGERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1939, Page 6
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