§ 6. Mr. GODFREY NICHOLSONasked the Secretary for Mines if he can make any statement on the recent prosecution regarding illegal overtime at the Montague Main Colliery?
Mr. BROWNAt the instance of my Department, legal proceedings were taken against the manager and under-manager of the Caroline Pit. Montague Main Colliery, in respect of a number of contraventions of the Coal Mines Act, 1908. The charges related to the illegal working of overtime and to failures to make proper entries in the overtime register. Both defendants pleaded "guilty" to all the charges, and fines and costs amounting altogether to £47 10s. were imposed.