HIS LIFE IN HIS HANDS.
[by telegraph.—special CORRESPONDENT.J Wellington, Tuesday. "A.man carries his life in.his hands the whole time working for the masters," said a delegate to the Timber Workers' Conference to-day. "Nearly every timberworker is marked in some way. "Yes, here you are," cried another delegate, holding up the stump of a finger. "And here," said a third, displaying a,crippled thumb." "What aibout me?" came from another, showing aljnaimed hand ; "we've all been in the wars." In bush sawmills, particularly, there' was danger. Several delegates mentioned v accidents occurring in mills 50, 60, and 70 miles away from a doctor. One worker told how the horses bolted on a bush tramway and the trolleys went over him. It was 20 miles to a. doctor. There was no provision in mills for , first aid. It was decided to recommend the Government -to legislate that all sawmills should be equipped with a stretcher,, medicine chest, splints, and bandages, together with a printed card of instructions. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14208, 3 November 1909, Page 7
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