WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1920, Page 5

WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

tip GREATER RELIEF PROPOSED. !$ BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT. W ' 4 By Teleeraph.—SiMi AssAdstlotf; i'F Wellington, Last NigMjfe In the House of Representative* 4§§| afternoon, Mr. Howard moved tbe,|jip ond reading of the Workers' C&mwmM tionßill. , lm He stated the Bill proposed, in view||| the increased cost of living, to raise |§| compensation payable for ioath-or top disablement from' £6OO to £7AO* §a was proposed that compensation* emul begin from the de.y of "the *&§jun] Section four deal£ with leaving the time*'™ whioh may be contracted-Indefinite, could not be defined. Lead pbkodH was not strictly an Accident, and own not to be included in this Bill. Tlffij ought to be special legislation with occupational diseases, ft wiraß posed to increase medical Minrtanftf.p?n| £1 to a sum up to- £25, and the wwfe payment was raked; from t& to 9j§£ week. Clause 6 abolished a "penriwHi system" known as common amploy»B|ft] The discussion was continued', in IK| evening, when Mr. Lysnar supported W Bill, as the requests made in the ajH| ure were reasonable. Only by menOn the wrongs of the workers could welE cure industrial peace. fira Mr. Poland complimented Mr. Bom| on his courage in introducing 'the SB and in his modesty in framing it,f|| its demands fell far short of nvh*t w| due, as between master and man, in CJM of accident. The one essential <&*l§| to enable the employer to pay pnflffi compensation to' an Injured emplmi was State monopoly of the aceideoiiw| surance business. . •■fan Messrs. Smith (Wajmarino), JewiaßK Masters, Bartram, Parry, Hudson, MK Leod, Edie, Atmore, and Veitch also ftt| ported the main principles rof the jßf which was read a second time,-*nd|§f ferred to the Labor Bills ConunitteejJlg