London.
In the House of Commons, Sir Matthew Ridley, Secretary of State for the Home Department, introduced the Employers' Liability Bill, which provides in cases of death that the family of the deceased workman shall receive a sum equal to the wages of the deceased for three years, such amount not to be under £150, nor exceed £800. During incapacity the workman shall receive not exceeding £1 weekly. Provision is also made for arbitration in connection with disputes applying to railways, factories, mines, quarries and engineering establishments. Mr Chamberlain explained that contracting out was allowed, but only when the terms offered to workers exceeded the provisions of the Bill. Addressing the British Chamber of Commerce at Paris, Sir Edmund J. Monson, the British Ambassador, suggested a renewal of the entente cordiale between Britain and France. British Ministers, he said, were striving to gain this end.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 May 1897, Page 2
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145London. Manawatu Herald, 8 May 1897, Page 2
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