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Leyland O'Brien Timber Company (Limited)-, Auckland Taine's Chemical Stores Company, Dunedin Box-saw Electric lift Leslie Munce ; 17 years Louis Solomon ; 33 years 11th January, 1916; finger injured Munce's middle finger of left hand came into contact with the saw. 20th January, 1916 ; shoulder in- Through the lift being overloaded when Solomon stepped on to it jured to take the goods off, it fell to the bottom of the well, when his shoulder and neck were injured. 31st January, 1916 ; finger injured Dixon put the second finger of his right hand into the relief hole of the cylinder and started lift. The ram came down and cut off the first joint of his finger. 1st February, 1916 ; finger injured Miss Gillespie's index finger of right hand was jammed in the machine, doing injury to one finger. 8th February, 1916; finger injured McKenna's forefinger was jammed between the piece of timber and bench. 10th February, 1916 ; nail injured In trying to pick waste out of the loom the point of Miss Diver's first finger of her right hand w-as caught by machinery 7 and crushed. 14th February, 1916; fingers in- Croaker's right hand came into contact with the knives. jured 14thFebruarv-, 1916; hand injured Through not attending to his work Evans's hand was caught in the machine and crushed. 21st February, 1916 ; arm lost .. When adjusting belt on the machine Matthews's arm got between the belt and the pulley, and it was so badly fracture d that.it had to be amputated. 23rd February, 1916; thumb in- While mortising. Hawkins's right-hand thumb came into contact jured with the knives. 23rdFebruarv', 1916; hand injured When feeding machine Dawson allowed his hand to get too far into the machine. 24thFebruary, 1916 ; fingerinjured While attending to machine, McKinncy's first finger of right hand was caught in the working part and was crushed. 26th February-, 1916 ; finger in- Watson's finger came into contact with saw and was cut. jured 29th February, 1916 ; foot injured Mathie had his left foot over the edge of the cage and it was squeezed between the lift-platform and joist of first floor. 2nd March, 1916 ; fingers injured.. When feeding machine. Pickup's right-hand fingers were caught by the rollers and crushed. 9th March, 1916 ; finger injured Through larking w-ith another boy Storey's three fingers of his left hand were caught in the machine and were injured. 10th March, 1916 ; band injured.. While assisting engineer. Millan'sright hand came into contact with the revolving fan, stripping the flesh off and breaking the small bones of it. 13th March, 1916 ; fingers injured : Pond's right-hand fingers came into contact with the saw, causing loss of the first and second joints of the first and the second fingers. 15th March, 1916 ; fingers injured Goffin's fingers of left hand touched the saw, doing injury to the thumb and the first finger. 16th March, 1916; fingerinjured.. While paying attention to the pump, Stringer's little finger of right hand came into contact with a working part and was crushed. 25th March, 1916 ; fingers injured When feeding tin-plate into the machine, Hawkes's fingers of the left hand got under the rollers and were bruised. 30th March, 1916; fingerinjured.. Killip's finger came into contact with the side-head of machine and was cut. 31st March, 1916 ; thumb injured Cameron's thumb of left hand came into contact with the saw and was cut. Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited), Dunedin Hydraulic liftHarold Dixon ; 15 years Phoenix Company (Limited), Dunedin.. Wire stitching Violet Gillespie ; 19 years Leyland O'Brien Timber Company (Limited), Auckland Oamaru Woollen Factory Company (Limited), Oamaru Drag-saw Power-loom Timothy McKenna ; 30 years Catherine Diver ; 28 years William Bates and Sons, Christchurch Planing Charles Croaker ; 16 years Bassett and Co., Wanganui .. .. Sanding William Evans ; 16 years R. T. Matthews, Rangiora Threshing plant J. J. Matthews ; 35 years Sollit Bros. (Limited), Palmerston North Mortising G. Hawkins ; 30 years Phoenix Company (Limited), Dunedin Biscuit -cutting George Dawson ; 62 years Wilson's Portland Cement Company (Limited), Warkworth Bassett and Co. (Limited), Wanganui Turning Stuart McKinney ; 16 years .. Circular saw E. Watson ; 26 years Aulsebrook and Co., Christchurch Steam-power lift .. G. Mathie ; 23 years Aulsebrook and Co., Christchurch Caramel-rollers James Pickup ; 52 years Irvine and Stevenson's St. George's Company (Limited), Dune-din Christchurch Meat Company (Limited), Christchurch Crimper Brine-pump and fan L. R. Storey ; 16 years James Millan ; 60 years D.S.C. and Cousins and Cousins (Limited), Auckland Universal sawAlbert Pond ; 30 years Kauri Timber Company (Limited), Auckland Wilson's Portland Cement Company (Limited), Warkworth Cut-off saw H. J. Goffin ; 20 years Feed-pump S. Stringer ; 34 years Hurrays Limited, Underwood .. i Gang-slitter Thomas Hawkes ; 18 y-ears .. D. Goldie and Sons, Auckland Planing R. Killip ; 56 years Blazer Firewood Company, South Dunedin SawAndrew Cameron ; 30 years ..