DEPENDANTS OF WIMMERA'S SEAMEN
GOVERNMENT ASKED TO SUPPLEMENT IMPERIAL PENSIONS. By Telegraph—Press AssociP.tion. Auckland, July 9. Replying to a request that tho Government should supplement tho Imperial pensions of dependants of seamen lost in tho Winimera, Sir James Allen asked the deputation why the. Government should do this. The shipping companies wero the responsible parties. He did not know what profits they were making, but it was their place to look after their own seamen. Ho would put tho request toforo Cabinet, but tho case, for the request was slendor.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 250, 10 July 1918, Page 5
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90DEPENDANTS OF WIMMERA'S SEAMEN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 250, 10 July 1918, Page 5
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