WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION.
- - fif ♦ i ' Mary Ann, while cntting-bread, Ontdier fiqger. ..’JVith elation, Mary "Ann went off to bed, , Claiming compensation. William Jones,'while carting coke, ■' " Bruised his shin. “With jubilaitoa, William cried, “A happy stroke! One year’s compensation.” Charles, the waiter,- dropped the cheese, ' ... Hurt his toe ; retired from waiting. Six months’ claim. . . At * Brighton he’s Now recuperating. Jane, while cooking, trod and slid On some fat, and fell obliquely; Interesting invalid. Drawing two pounds weekly. Jack, the hodman, scratched his wrist— . Soratahed it with - a scaffold splinter . On the compensation list, 'Resting for the winter. On a job at Maida "Vale, With his hammer, Green, the plumber; Hit the wrong nail (finger nail) ... Resting till next summer. Bless the goodness, and the grace, And the thoughtful legislation That conferred upon our race Workmen’s compensation. —Sunday Chronicle.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9426, 23 April 1909, Page 2
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136WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9426, 23 April 1909, Page 2
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