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▼ NATIONAL INSLUAM'I-: sriIKMK; AI)V(iCATKI) !;ANN'KVU:KK. March I'D. 'l'm- Daunevirke Chamber of Com- i merer, iiftf-r a discussion ci'iu'cnniV; j earthquake ha/.aid:-. pas.-ed a rcsulu- j tiun recommendim: the Government to insl ituto a national scheme of earthquake insurance by the provision of a small increase in lire insurancepremhtms. : 11 was cunlcuued Ilia! b> Icvyim; a small pei'centa.ue .in all lire insurance premiums in Hie nonunion a considerable sum could be raised yearly. ll' the Dominion were unfortunate enough to experience another severe earthquake the. funds could be used to compensate people for property losses, possiblv savin;: many from ruin. ' The fund should soon assume lai;:e proportion-, especially if there were no earthquakes for some years.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21119, 21 March 1934, Page 9
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