WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
NEW SOUTH WALES BILL. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. Sydney, August 3. In tho Legislative' Assembly, tho Premier (Mr. Wade) moved the second reading of the Workmen's Compensation Bill. Ho said that liability was one that extended to .work carried out for tho purposo of.'.profit where a number of men and machinery were employed. Casual employees would be exempt. The only desire was to give relief in established businesses whore tho . risk was a substantial thing, in spite of precautions. Miners and seamen would be excluded, as they camo under other Acts. The Act would be extended afterwards on lines found to bo safo by experience. The Opposition supported tho Bill, but complained that it was not generous enough. .They said it had been copied 'from the New Zealand Act of 1910, which had been found to be inadequate. The debate was adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 5
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143WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 5
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