EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1766, 14 February 1888, Page 2

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.

(PEB PR-.88 AHBOOIATION.)

Auckland, Jannary 13. At the ordinary mup tin,' of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to-night. Dr Lindsay wrote, drawing attention to tbe oa<e of • lad of thirteen who had been admitted to the io p 4*l with his arm mangled through it having been caught m a maohine whoh he w,»* working at tue Fibre Oompnn? 'a mill. Tbe lad w a too youo« to be at work, and the dootor urged that some inquiry should be made mo the qaestion of the employment cf each children m fao orles, and tha da <ger •ncorred by them m working mtchmmy. Dr Lindsay said tbat the Cartridge F«o---tory at Mount Eden furnished the hospital with a large number of pa'tienta who were, with a f.w exceptions, litt'e girls twelve or thirteen years of ag , the'r injuries being as a rule crushed 6>g«rs and thumb wounds sustained m wording machinery for tha manufacture of cartridges, and amputation h«d In some case* had to ba resott^d to. The Board deoided to refer the matter to the Inspector of Polioe.