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342 Tu'cnty-sccond Congress--Notional Safety Council 30.000 bulletins arc issued Annually, both to European and native employees. The lostcrs for natives arc generally in three native languages understood by the major* rty. Sometimes a grajihic picture needs no wording. On many mines the boards are illuminated at night to attract special attention. Thousands of copies of extracts from mining regulations in English and African have been distributed to under ground employees: numerous leaflets drawing attention to dangers, such as those due to falls of rock, mis-fircs, truck accidents, septic injuries, etc., arc issued periodically to both Europeans and natives. The safety movement l>cats the drum of warning all the ttme. To encourage interest among workmen, a prize team sub-committee suj>crviscs inter-mine safety competitions. All producing gold mutes on the Witwatersrand are divided into six classes. Certificates arc presented to the winning mine in each class, prizes to the officials concerned, and a silver floating shield goes to the mine earning the largest mrnilwr of marks t all the competitors. These competition*, which were f inaugurated in 1915. have aroused great enthusiasm in the maintenance of low rce- / urds. Since 1932 the hasis of the competitions was changed, the accident casualty rate instead of the accident death rate Iteing the gniding factor. Interesting experimctils have recently Inrcn conducted at the instance of the committee with broadcasting safety messages to natives and with musical programs. The installation of micro phones for addressing natives on safety and other topics is being found most useful. The committee fully recognizes that a first aid man is almost invariably a careful man, since he realizes the consequences of accidents. Bearing this in mind, the com mittee encourages proficiency in first aid and ambulance work, and co-ojxrratcs with the South African Ked Cross Society. The phenomenal growth of the first aid movement or the Reel is largely due to this co-operation. In 1932 some 1,800 European mine employees made themselves proficient in first aid: over 7,650 cer tificates were issued to mine employees by the South African Red Cross Society dur ing the last five years. Great interest is always aroused hy the ambulance conqictition. Elimination con tests for surface and underground teams arc held on the individual mines, and the winning teams go forward to the district competitions. For the purposes of these competitions, the Witwatersrand gold mines arc divided into seven districts and the winners of the respective districts compete in the finals for the championships of the Witwatersrand. There is. in addition, a district competition held for the coal mines in the Transvaal. Cash prizes for the disirict competitions arc provided by the pre vention of accidents committee. First aid classes arc conducted regularly on the individual mines, and although every official is by regulation compelled to possess a first aid certificate, a large number of other employees are taking up first aid. The eagerness tit* natives to acifuire a knowledge of first aid is truly remarkable. The native movement was inaugurated in 1920. Ten years ago. the number of natives who qnalificd yearly was under 2.000. I-ast year over 7,300 mine natives have made themselves ]iroficient to render first aid. The total number of natives instructed in first aid since the inception of the movement, in 1920. is now well over 42.0(0. The extreme value of a knowledge of first aid acquired on these fields is recorded in frequent reports of excellent first aid work performed m the native kraals wlicrc their homes arc located. Many of the natives who proceed home impart their first aid knowledge to folks in the kraal, and the work therefore becomes of a national character, the value of which is incalculable. ADJOURXMEXT TWENTY-SECOND A N n u a l safety congress N ATI O N A L S A V E T Y C O U X CI L Paper and Pulp Section Officers 1932-33 Central Chairman--J. J. Plzak. Consolidated Water Power & Paper C<l, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Yicc-Chairmati in Charge of Mnnt*erxhif--Arthur Murray, Container Conorattm of America, Chicago. t'irc-Ckainnau--H. G. Gilson*, Oxford Paper Co_ Rumford. Me. Yiee-Chairman--'Wm. H. Rhymes. Bedford Pulp & Paper Co. Big Island, Ya. Secretary--H. I). P.anta. Holicrg Paper & Fibre Gx. Green Bay, Wis. Xetes letter Editor and Chairman Publicity Committee--Arthur K. Winslow. Hollingsworth and Whitney Co.. Watervillc. Me. Chairman Contest Committee--A. Scott Dowd, The Paper Industry, Chicago. Chairman Engineering Committee--George J. Adams. International Paper Ccl, Xcw York City. Chairman Health Committee--Dr. I,, H. Fkechtlixg. The Champion Gated Paper Co., Hamilton, O. Chairman Poster Committee--James M. McGivnev. Brown Co.. Berlin. X. H. Chairman Program Committee--F. H. Roscnusii, Xckoosa-Edwards Paper Ox, Port Edwards, Wis. Chairman Statistics Committee--E. E. Grant. The Crystal Tissue Ox. Middletown, Ohio. Members at Large-- Ernest Augustus. The Mead Corp_ Chillicothc. O. W. J. Brennan. State Department of labor & Industry. Augusta. Me. E. R. Brown. Oregon & Columbia Basin Div.. X.S.C.. Portland, Ore. Kenneth I- Faist, The Champion Coated Paper Co.. Hamilton, O. \Y. A. Gleason, Hammcrmill Paper Gx, Erie, Pa. John Lunorican, International Paper Gx. Xew Yrk City. W. J. Peacock, Xorthern Paper Mills. Green Bay. Wis. Samuel Pruyn. Finch-Pruyn & Co.. Inc.. Glens Falls, X. Y. Ben D. Rogers. Bird S: 5km.. Inc.. East Waljxdc, Mass. MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 2, 1933 The Paper and Pulp Section convened with G. E. Sanford. General Electric Com pany, Schenectady, X. Y.. in the chair. Mr. Sanford, as a representative of the 343