WORK IN SAWMIES
'QUESTION OP PROTECTION,
Mr T. E. Y. Seddon. (Westland) osKed in the House ot Kepresentatives yesterday whether the Minister in Uiarge of the forestry . Department, with a "»iew to proteeuna tne lives of those who work in or about sawmills, would have inspectors appointed of bridges, tramways, and skids used - in connection wilt 'he Umoet industry? : I Mr Seddou «t»l several serious accidents to locomotives had occurred recently owing to defective bridges, etc., and it wai stated by the secretary of tho Timber Workers' Union that main of the tram, lines on tho West Coast in connection with the timber industry were in a bad state, and there was an ever-present dangoer of men being killed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10689, 8 September 1920, Page 4
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119WORK IN SAWMIES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10689, 8 September 1920, Page 4
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