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42. Accidents.-The total number of accidents in factories and workshops during the year was sixty-four, of which seven were fatal, as compared with seventy (eight fatal) in 1933. More than fifty per cent. of the accidents occurred in shipyards, and were mainly due to falls from stagings into dry dock or ships' holds. The majority of the non-fatal accidents were not serious. The only female factory worker to be involved in an accident during the year was a woman employed in a printing works whose hair became caught in a revolving shaft: she died from the injuries received.
43. A serious explosion involving heavy loss of life occurred early in the year at the Gas Works at West Point, Victoria. A gasometer was wrecked by the explosion and several blocks of Chinese tenement houses nearby were destroyed by a fire caused by the escaping gas. Forty-one persons lost their lives in the fire and two Indian watchmen at the Gas Works were killed by the explosion. The casualties from this disaster are not included in the appended table of factory accidents (Table XXIX).
44. Prosecutions.-Five prosecutions were instituted during the year against factory owners for breaches of the factory regulations. Four of these were for employing female workers during prohibited hours at night, the other prosecution being for a breach of the regulations guarding against fire risks. Convictions were obtained in all cases and fines ranging from $25 to $250 were imposed.
CHINESE TEMPLES.
(Ordinance 7 of 1928).
(Tables XXX and XXXI).
45. The following gentlemen served on the Chinese Temples Committee during the year:
(a) Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Kt., Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso, O.B.E., Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau—Chinese Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils.
(b) Mr. Li Yau-tsun, C.B.E.,—Representative of the District Watch Committee.
(c) Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Mr. M. K. Lo,—Chinese Members of the Sanitary Board.
(d) Mr. Lau Ping-chai, Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital Committee.
(e) Mr. Ng Wah, Chairman of the Po Leung Kuk Committee.
(f) Mr. Wong Tat-wing, Representative of the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital who are residents of Kowloon or New Kowloon.
(g) Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Chairman).