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No. 6.—Return of Fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery— continued.

No. 7. —Return of Steam-winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Service have been granted from the 1st April, 1908, to the 31st March, 1909.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Date of Accident and Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Bemarks. 'eter -Bartholomew, Weraroa !harles Stevens, Maungatapu I. R. Simpson, Oparara Planing Oil-engine Saw-bench S. J. Widdow ; 17 years N. J. Stevens ; 5 years Thomas Carmo dy; 33 years 24th July, 1908: serious injury on right side of head, breaking his neck and jaw. 27th November, 1908: left leg broken at ankle, right leg crushed 1st January, 1909: injury to head Widdow was engaged tailing out timber from the machine. One of the knives flew out of the planingmachine, striking him on the right side of his head, killing him almost instantaneously. The child's clothing became entangled with the engineshaft while in motion, and carried him round. His legs struck the lubricator, causing such injuries to him that he died in the hospital shortly afterwards. Carmody was engaged sawing a board when by some unaccountable means it buckled back, striking him so severely on the head as to cause his death. The belt slipped off the pulley, the winch causing the log to run down. Creighton applied the brake too suddenly, causing the pulley to break and fly to pieces. One piece struck him on the body, causing his death. }ashmore Bros. and Judd, Katikati Log- hauling winch Frank Creighton; 19 years 4th March, 1908: injury to hips

Name of Person. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. William Joseph O'Brien ... Charles Frederick Batt Winding, service 1908. July 14 November 19 65 74 » tt No. 8. — Return of Steam-winding-engine have been granted from the let)kivebs to whom Certif: /pril, 1908, to the 31st M* [CATBs of Competency brch, 1909. Name of Person. I Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. 1908. William Fen ton ... Thomas Valentine Faul Frederick Walter Duschka William Bichards William Johnson Edgar Venables ... Albert Collins Yelland Charles Percy Baker Alfred Featherston Victor Albert Cecil Jarvis ... James Me Vie George Launcelote McCoy Walter Miles Maxwell McNaught Shore Charles Eustace ... John Brown John Patrick McDonald ... Winding, competency w tt tt it it u it " it it n tt it a May 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 August 18 18 18 November 19 19 19 19 19 1909. 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 a a it >t if it it it a n Launcelot Bernard Pitt Nind John Baptist Paul John Nicholls James Harris William Newton Pentreath Charles Robert Dunstan ... William Ryan a tt a a it a it it January 20 20 •February 26 26 26 26 26 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 it it » tt tt tt