ELECTRICAL WIRING ON FARMS
DANGER OF EMPLOYING UNREGISTERED MEN tP.A.j WA.IHI, Nov. 19. “ If it is true Hint all milking; machine companies do this sort of tiling, tho sooner publicity is given to the matter tho better,” said Mr W. H. Freeman, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, when imposing fines of £5 and £1 on a milking machine fitter who pleaded guilty to charges of having done electrical wiring work at farms near Waihi whten not registered. Tho defendant stated that the practice was general. The Magistrate said that, although the defendant might not endanger himself, there was always the likelihood that someone else would receive a fatal electric shock. Moreover, such practices enabled lower prices to be quoted, as registered electricians were jio't called in.
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Evening Star, Issue 24047, 20 November 1941, Page 4
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128ELECTRICAL WIRING ON FARMS Evening Star, Issue 24047, 20 November 1941, Page 4
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