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Wellington. —Six cases, under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894": For failing to close shops on afternoon of day appointed for weekly half-holiday. Two were dismissed without costs; in one case the Stipendiary Magistrate ruled that there was nothing in the Act to prevent a person giving voluntary assistance in a shop ; in the other case the Inspector erred in consenting to the amending of the information. Convictions obtained for the other four : penalties, £3 10s., with £1 16s. costs. ChristcJiurch. —Three cases, under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894" : For failing to close shops on afternoon of day appointed for weekly half-holiday. Penalties, Is., with £1 Bs. costs, on each of two cases; and £1, with £1 Bs. costs, on the third. Pleasant Point. —One case, under " The Factories Act, 1894 " : For failing to register under the Act. Penalty, 55., with 7s. costs. Dunedin. —Two cases, under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894": For keeping employes more than half an hour after the prescribed time. Penalties, 10s., with £1 19s. costs. One appeal entered against previous decision, under "The Factories Act, 1894" : For employing females on Saturday afternoon. Magistrate had ruled that employe had worked for herself, and that the employer was not responsible. The Supreme Court reversed that decision, with £5 ss. costs. Winton. —One case, under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894": For having goods sold by an employe on afternoon of day appointed for weekly half-holiday. Penalty, 55., with 9s. costs. LIST OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED DURING YEAR 1894-95. Auckland (13). —Three cabinetmakers : one slightly injured by falling through trap-door, one cut left hand badly in circular saw, and one slightly injured by a gouge. Five in sawmills : one severely crushed between two logs, one slightly injured in turning-lathe, two slightly in circular saw, and one lost right thumb in planing-machine. Two in printing-offices: one slight injury to hand, the other slight bruises, in machinery. Two in railway workshops : one slightly injured by falling into a pit; the other, a lad, slightly cut by circular saw. One in biscuit-factory : broke thigh by falling down lift. Ghristchurch (7). —A lad employed as lithographer's assistant had thumb dislocated ; injury slight. A man employed in foundry received wound in right eye through being struck by a chip of iron, sustaining loss of eye. A lad employed at a cycle-factory lost part of two fingers of right hand by being caught in a drilling-machine. A boilermaker had right eye slightly burned by a heated chip from a rivet striking him. A lad at implement factory had a slight injury to finger through being jammed. A man at butter-factory had both arms slightly scalded by steam. A man employed at Aldington Workshops received slight injury to finger through coming into contact with air-pump. Dunedin (14). —A lad at implement factory was slightly burned through coming in contact with a skimmer whilst engaged casting. A lad at Hillside Railway Workshops was seriously injured by his hand coming into contact with a circular saw. A lad employed at implement factory lost top joint of two fingers through being crushed in steam-hammer. A lad employed at ropefactory got one finger crushed through coming into contact with the machinery; injury slight. A lad employed at Hillside Eailway Workshops, a slight injury to two fingers through being jammed in a bolt-plate. A man engaged at foundry was slightly injured by thumb being cut in circular cutter. A man employed as oliverman at Hillside Eailway Workshops; slight injury to thumb. A man engaged at foundry; slightly cut right arm with lathe. A lad employed at Hillside Eailway Workshops; slightly injured; whilst playing with a cog-wheel his finger got caught. A man employed at sawmill got finger cut off by coming into contact with spoke-dressing machine. A boilermaker had slight injury to his eye by a chip from hot rivet. A lad employed at biscuitfactory received a slight injury to hand through being caught in a rake-roller. A lad employed at implement factory cut finger slightly by lawn-mower he was setting up. Greymouth (1). —A man employed at sawmill was killed by falling across the saw, which cut him to pieces. Invercaryill (1). —A lad employed at a woodware factory had two fingers accidentally cut off left hand with planing-machine he was using. Matarama (1). —A man employed at sawmill was injured slightly by a slab which was thrown back by saw. Timaru (3). —A lad employed at furniture-factory got hand cut by flock-teaser. A lad employed at woollen mills accidentally got slight cut on wrist by coming in contact with cardingmachine. A man employed at brickmaking factory accidentally lost right hand through its being caught in pressing-machine. Wanganui (2).- —A man employed at Eastown Eailway Workshops had two fingers of right hand accidentally crushed when oiling an engine, the machinery being in motion. A labourer employed at same place had third finger of left hand jammed whilst engaged assisting to fix pair of wheels in a lathe which was not in motion; injury slight. Wellington (10). —A lad employed at Petone Eailway Workshops got right hand slightly crushed in steam-hammer. A man, a blacksmith, in same shop, was slightly injured by a spark of fire in the eye. A man employed at woollen mill was injured slightly by getting his thumb caught in a cog-wheel. A lad employed in a furniture-factory lost tops of thumb and two fingers by contact with circular saw; accidental. A lad employed at sawmill slightly injured with a mortising machine he was using. A lad employed at packing-factory got a linger slightly cut by a shearingmachine he was using. A lad employed at a printing-office lost top of a finger through being caught in a small printing-press; purely accidental. A man employed at a sawmill lost two fingers of left hand by coming in contact with circular saw ; purely accidental. A man employed as a fireman at the freezing-works had his arm burned by a flash from a furnace,