§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the action of the manager of the International Colliery, Abercrave, owned by the Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries, Limited, by continuing to 1534W allow coal to be weighed in February, 1929, in spite of the fact that a serious defect had been pointed out to him of the screening apparatus; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. TURNERMy attention has been called to this case, and I understand the facts to be as follows. In certain parts of the colliery the wages are, by agreement, dependent upon the amount of large coal passing over the screen. On 4th February last the manager was asked by the checkweigher to test the distances between the bars of the screen. This was done the same day and variations in the distances between the bars were found to exist. The bars were straightened during the morning of 5th February. I do not think that there is any action which I am called upon to take in the matter.