§ Colonel CLIFTON BROWNasked the Secretary for Mines if his attention has been drawn to the remarks of the deputy-coroner at an inquest arising out of an accident at Whitburn Colliery arising from a delay in retimbering a way where timber had been accidentally knocked out; and what action he has taken in the matter?
§ Mr. TURNERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, I have received a report on this accident, from which it appears that the place was duly examined, after the fall, by an official, who considered it safe to pass under. While no doubt the coroner's comments on this case are generally applicable, I cannot accept them as invariably applicable, but this is one of those matters dealt with in the Coal Mines Act which engage the constant attention of His Majesty's inspectors in the course of their statutory duties.