BRITAIN'S INSURANCE SCHEME.
u «v - mcz9* ■ "- STATEMENT BY THE CIANCELLOR. By Cable—Press Association Copyright. Received 10. 5.5 p.m. London. January 18. The Nationalist-Liberal Chit) gave a banquet to celebrate Hie inauguration of the insurance benefits. Mr. Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said it had been the toughest and most baffling fight of the Liberal Party. , Tt really was a non-party measure, and he had invited the Opposition to confer in making amendments and improvements. The offer had been rejected in the hope of securing electioneering advantages. Five thousand people bad received sanatorium benefits. The insurance committees were working throughout the country. The medical were adequately filled in North London. He would be happy to correct anything unduly pressing on the doctors, but he would decline giving further inducements to persuade or cajole those not joining the panels. A meeting of the Medical Association resolved to release the doctors from their pledge re not serving in the insurance panels. UNEMPLOYED BENEFIT. London, lanuarv 17. Of -2.-250.nf10 injured persons,' 55.000 have claimed unemployment benefit under the Act.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 206, 20 January 1913, Page 5
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176BRITAIN'S INSURANCE SCHEME. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 206, 20 January 1913, Page 5
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