THE FACTORIES ACT, 1891.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 187, 3 March 1893, Page 3

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1891.

Sergeant Carlyon paid a visit to the Kauri Company’s mills at Aratapu on Wednesday afternoon and made enquiry into the ages of the several boys employed there. The Factories Act 1891 prohibits the employment of any boy under thirteen years of age in a factory ; and no boy under sixteen years of age shall be employed for more than forty-eight hours in sin}' week, except by the consent of the Inspector who may permit them to w ork for a period not exceeding three hours in any day beyond the ordinary working hours on not more than twenty days in a yaar, on condition that such persons are paid for such overtime at a rate to be agreed on. No person under sixteen years of age can he legally employed in a factory unless a certificate he first procured from the Inspector as to such person’s fitness for the employment, and it is the occupier of the factory who must produce such certificate. The Act also provides that every person under the age of eighteen years, except piece workers, ■hall be allowed the following holid . ■: i-rist-mas Day, New Year’s Day, Goo ' F . V : stc Monda} , and Queen's Birthday, unu c ,mu ouiur day afternoons, wages to he paid for every such holiday at the same rate as paid on ordinary working days. The penalty for employing a

contrary to the Act shall not exceed £3, uiii- s Ho offence whs committed in the night when the penaby msy bo -is high as £6. The parents of those under eighteen years of age are also liable to a penalty not exceeding £1 if their children, with their consent, are employed contrary to the provisions of the Act. Yards and places open to public view where no machinery is used are not considered part of a factory.