In May the Municipal Council. roferred back 1 the Works Committee for further consideration the question of the provision of improved passenger Tending accommodation on The Bund, Postponement of a suggested scheme had been endorsed by the [Council in March and announcement Jot thig decision led to protests: from the General, and various national, Chambers of Commerce with the sult that the matter was resubmitted, to the Works Committee, At its last meeting; this committee again gave very exhaustive considers tion to the subject in all its aspects, had before it a report from the Commissioner of Public Works re-Jcommending that it anything were to done it should be by construction.
building providing for the ac-Jeommodation of passengers and their {riends at an estimated cost, according to plans prepared,' of "approximately $200,000, were, ther fore, three possible courses open to the committee; In one fatal case in the textile trades a worker employed as a fitter apparently attempted to shift the main belt on a carding machine on to the loose pulley in order to grind the cards. It is believed that his coat sleeve was caught by the belt, and, in order to extricate it, he grip= ped' the belt and was carried to the main shaft, His head hit the cons erle ceiling, fracturing the skull and one leg: the body was carried down by the belt and dropped. worker in another mill suffered compound fracture of the left arm and fracture of ribs under somewhat similar circumstances on a. waste opener: his sleeve was-caught by a main belt, and his arm drawn into the main' pulley, but apparently he did not grip the: belt.
Another fatal case occurred when a cotton mill chain grate boller wae undergoing fortnightly cleaning. The dlowdown valve was found to be clogged, and a mechanic and his assistant were detailed to clear this The valve is a worm geared type, flanged to the boiler blowdown line and to the pipe leading to a drain. The mechanic in error opened ap the flanges on the boller side of the valve, so that, as the boiler was still under some steam pressure, the contents were emitted with a roar. Ths assistant was trapped between the rushing stream of water and steam. and the wall at the back of the Boller room. He lost his senso of judgment, "opened a flue cleaning door, and rushed Into the still hat combustion chamber, where he was Teter found dead. providing for both esta pene ret arisen ieee at rae made the necessary a for 1888 material Members generally considered that it was not the duty of the Council provide facilities for baggage Jexamination though the scheme pro-voted will give increased comfort to those walling for their baggage to be examined, In regard to the modified scheme, varying. views were expressed, but the majority took the view that the present arrangements were not only Inconvenient but also a bad advertisejiment for Shanghai and it was tually Jegreed to recommend that the modi-fed scheme for passenger' Innding accommodation as submitted by the Commissioner of Public Works in Sune this year be approved for beginning forthwith, It being noted that the expenditure thereon will be charge on the Budget for 1938, The Council on July 14 endorsed the recommendation by a majority, Tue total number of visitors to the various Munlelpal parks during June was 410,085, according to Superint= endont of Parks, In a shoot galvanising works a man climbed on the top of a flue of a smelting plant which was not work: ing, In order to dry his clothes, Covers of the flue: had been taken Off to make repairs: the worker felt into the hot flue channel and was Eurnt to death,
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