TIMBER WORKERS’ CONFERENCE.
STATE MILLS DEMANDED
| Pan Pukes Association.! WELLINGTON, Nov. 2. the timber workers’ conference to-day, Mr. Byrne, Southland, moved that the Government be- urged to establish State sawmills and State timber yards. The motion Avas carried. A resolution AA'as also adopted urging that the Workers’ Compesation for Accidents Act should be amended to provide for full pay for the first four Aveeks of incapacity and half-pay subsequently, and that employers should pay all first aid and medical expenses, provision to be made that an injured Avorker receives his pay weekly on the ordinary pay day.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2649, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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97TIMBER WORKERS’ CONFERENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2649, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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