§ MR. PICKARD (Yorkshire, W.R., Normanton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has had his attention drawn to the following paragraph which appears in Tuesday's Daily News, with regard to the persons still supposed to be in the Llanerch Mine, Monmouthshire, namely:
More bodies have been brought out of the colliery, making a total of 174. One other body is known to be in the pit, and some fancy that there may be two or three others, strangers who went down looking for work;and, whether he will make inquiry into this matter as to strangers being allowed to enter mines for the purpose of seeking work unknown to the manager of the mine?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI am informed by the Inspector that the manager is confident that one boy only is now missing, and that all the persons in the mine had 198 been duly employed. The banksman in charge of the top shaft also informed the Inspector that his instructions and practice always had been to prevent all persons not employed in the mine from entering without due permission. The Special Rules also provide that the banksman shall not allow any person except those employed about the mine to descend or remain on the pit bank.