SAFETY IN THE POCKET.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 225, 10 November 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

SAFETY IN THE POCKET.

TOKEN'S TO RKMIXO RAILWAY WORKERS TO TAKE (ARE. Pocket tokens, with "Is it safe?' printed on them in arresting typo, nr. - ? to be diuributed among servants e, L tlio Great Western Railway, England, who a&kcd for tlvni. The idea is that railway workers should cam the token--wh.i-h is of metal, and slightly larger than a penny—in their pockets among tl cir small einme. Even' day they would !«? reminded of the life-caution: "Is it '"''JV editor of the "Ore.it Weston Ilailwav Magazine "is offering a num--Ik- of these tokens to nulwiymon. He states that last icr.r's Board of Trade returns showed that during the twelve months of 1112 railwav servants vera or want of ciuv, and 351 owing to wan, injured owing to their own in scomni't of caution or hreaches of rules on the part of others. . The ohject of tiio "Is it sale.- token 'u to make the worker more cautious ■art to overcome that contempt of oana«r that comes with daily familiarity., "it is «uggvskvl that Ms it wile." tokens might well he used in ordinary lilo- in business, the streets, and the homo. The collection of palm" in Kew Gardens London, much exceeds in size any other in the world, the total number of species represented in this collection lving ow over 400.