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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 243, 13 October 1910, Page 5

As indicating the comprehensive nature of the terms of industrial awards, the following addition made to the Ironmoulders' Award at the present sitting of the Arbitration Court at Auckland is of'interest: —•"'Employers shall supply boiling water at dinner time for the workmen, this duty to be relegated to tho youngest apprentice in each department." Charles Brown, aged 11 years, whose parents reside at Autico-street, Melrose, Wellington, was admitted to the. hospital on Tuesday evening, suffering from severe injuries to his right hand, and after his admission to the institution it was found necessary to amputate portion of the thumb and three lingers of the right hand. According to the boy's story, the injuries were, caused by the explosion of a " thing " which he had obtained in the science class at school earlier in the day. Sergeant Mathieson, of the Newtown Police, on making inquiries at the school, was informed that the " thing " described by the injured boy was a harmless chemical substance, and a theory advanced by the teachers is that the lad may have been injured by the explosion of a cracker, bomb, or other piece of fireworks obtained from some of the other kds at the school.