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No. 5.—Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machinery— continued.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date and Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. [ John Murdoch and Co., Cumberland Street, Dunedin Mill-saw Wm. Mowbray; 20 years 17th May, 1906 : arm cut Mowbray, while engaged at a saw, allowed his arm to come into contact with saw, which caused the injury to it. Swanson was engaged at a wood-shaping machine, when he allowed his right hand to get in amongst the cutters of the machine. Tuffin, while sawing a piece of timber, did not put it straight into the saw, and, the timber rebounding, struck him in the abdomen. While Zajonskowski was engaged planing a short piece of wood at the planing-machine the wood flew back, causing the injury to his finger. When Bennett went up on a platform to oil the engine, he placed his foot on the crank - shaft bracket, and when the crank came round it crushed his foot, causing the injury to it. Hodge was lowering the cover of the fan, and allowed his fingers to get between the flanges of the casing of the fan, crushing three of them. Telfour attempted to move the lever which controls the starching - machine by putting her hand through the spokes of a worm-wheel, which was revolving very slowly. She got her hand jambed between the spokes and guard of pinion-wheel. Slack attempted to take some dough out of the mixer with his hand while the machine was in motion. He had been expressly forbidden to interfere with the machine in any Otago Brush Company, St. Andrew Street, Dunedin Wood - shaping machine Fredk. Swanson; 32 years 24th May, 1906: injury to right hand John Murdoch and Co., Cumberland Street, Dunedin Mill-saw Arthur Tufnn ; 29 years 28th May, 1906: struck in abdomen Zajonskowski Bio.-;., Marton Waning-machine Jos. Zajonskowski ; 37 2nd June, 1906 : little finger of left hand broken years Brown Bros., Mill Road, Invereargill Portable engine.. Thus. Bennett; 42 years 11th June, 1906: foot crushed, and amputated later on David Murray and Co., Wanganui Shop-fan S. Hodge; 21 years 14th June, 1906 : three fingers crushed W. Naismitli, Hopper Street, Wellington Collar - starching machine J Nellie Telfour ; 18 years 20th July, 1906 : hand jambed Aulsebrook and Co., St. Asaph Street, Christchurch Dough-mixer Abner Slack; 16 years 30th July, 1906: cut between second and third finger of left hand Smith and Smith, South Belt, Christohurch Circular saw Robert Boys ; 45 years 31st July, 1906: top of finger cut off way. Boys permitted his hand to come into contact with the saw while it was in motion. While Clark was feeding the planing-machine ho inadvertently allowed his hand to get on the knives of the machine. Beken attempted to get hold of the tray-conveyor while the machine was in motion, when his arm was caught by machine arat bruised. The piece of wood Maxwell was planing slipped, when his fingers came into contact with the knives of the machine. While engaged putting a belt on a small pulley he attempted to crawl under the shaft. While he was thus engaged his clothing was caught at the back and torn into shreds, causing injury to his abdomen. Murtagh, while attending to machine, allowed his fingers to come into contact with the knives. While sanding a splash-board Irwin evidently kept all weight and pressure on one corner of the wood. This caused the springing of the disc from the guard, and made a space large enough for his fingore to enter machine, which caused the injury to his hand. S. S. Williams, 41 Taranaki Street, Wellington Wood-planer W. C. Clark; 32 years 7th August, 1906: little finger of left hand severed from second joint Aulsebrook and Co., St. Asaph Street, Christchurch Lozenge - dough machine Alfred Beken ; 16 years 14th August, 1906: left arm squeezed W. Strange and Co., Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch Planing-machine W. Maxwell; 22 years 15th August, 1906: fingers of right hand severely cut Kauri Timber Company, Customs Street West, Auckland Shaft of circular saw Wm. Thompson; 18 years 30th August, 1906: injuries to lower part of abdomen Stratford, Blair, and Co., Greymouth Wood - working machine Walter M u r - tagh; 31 years Cousins and Cousins, Limited, Lome Street, Auckland Sanding-machine 1st September, 1906: left hand badly cut ; three fingers amputated 3rd September, 1906: ringers and thumb of right hand burst John Irwin; 17 years