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SUNDAI, QUTUBER 12, 1900
MOST OF THE OFFENCES INVOLVED OPERATION OF UNFENCED CIRCULAR SAWS AND UNGUARDED SPINDLE MOULDING MACHINES.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS AND OPERATORS OF THESE MACHINES TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING SAFETY MEASURES:
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WOODWORKING MACHINES MUST NOT BE USED BY ANY PERSON WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED TRAINING OR INSTRUCTION:
NO PERSONS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE MAY BE EMPLOYED ON ANY WOODWORKING MACHINE EXCEPT WITH THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR:
WOODWORKING MACHINES MUST BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH REGULAR CLEANING, EXAMINATION AND REPAIRS:
* THE WORKSHOP MUST BE KEPT CLEAN, PASSAGES MUST BE
CLEARED OF OBSTRUCTION AND A SUITABLE PLACE MUST BE PROVIDED FOR STORING WOOD AND FINISHED PRODUCTS AND
* FAILURE TO USE THE SAFETY DEVICES PROVIDED WOULD
JEOPARDISE THE USER AND OTHER WORKERS AND IS ALSO A CONTRAVENTION OF FACTORY LEGISLATION.
TYPHOON WAYNE GOES INTO THE RECORD BOOKS
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TYPHOON WAYNE WHICH ORIGINATED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON AUGUST 18 AND RETURNED TO AFFECT HONG KONG FOR THE THIRD TIME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 4 AND 5, WAS THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE ON RECORD WHICH NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF WARNING SIGNALS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY (SUNDAY).
HOWEVER, APART FROM WAYNE'S PRESENCE, SEPTEMBER WAS A NORMAL MONTH EXCEPT FOR BEING SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN USUAL.
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH THREE VERY HOT DAYS DURING WHICH THE INTENSE AFTERNOON HEAT GAVE RISE TO SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH, 33.8 DEGREES CELSIUS, WAS RECORDED IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 2.
/ON SEPTEMBER 4,