CORRESPONDENCE.

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1922, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

TIMBER workers and • ‘ARGUS.”

(To the Editor.) Sir. —As a timber worker who has to risk his life and limb oxrry day in an around the sawmill xx’here 1 work, 1 took a lively interest ■ in ihe “Argus.” libel action, and 1 was amazed to see the number of workers who seemed prepared to d<> the h-ast possible to help their own paper. Noxv, Sir. I have worked for many years in sawmills, both here and in the North , Island, and I have a good jc-coliertion of a large numb' r ot’ sawmill accidentsMany of the men injured by these ac- i cidents nexer received one penny compensation, the general argument put up bv ihe millowners being th:.: limy had no right there, or that they xvere dying '.<> commit ‘ ‘ suicidi 1 . ■ ’ It is a - .1 job, Mr Editor, that this comiion the Coast, — thanks to the jdi -rts of ■ he Timber Workers’ Union and Labour’s paper, the ‘‘Grey River Argus.’’ When a worker is injured now, those wh> Im-.u* to pay compeiisauon know that any mean action on their part will soon i*e made public, and consequently, the injured man soon gels the compensation' due to him by law or. if the considerably oxer that. Those who work around sawmills know that it is a verx' dangerous occupation, and I hope '.hat our Union, and our ]>aper, will maitiniie to keep a careful record of all sawmill aceidi nts. In e<mclusion. I vrouM advise l.il niy fellow mill workers to see that each accident is reported at once to their Secretary, and that a full aeeoiint of the same ,s sen. to our Labour I’aper. In conclusion, I. xvould ask those who believe lhat cv; rvihing should be done to proteet lit. 1 ’;.nd limb to send along their imte lie’’, to pay- tlw cost ot the action the workers’ clianipioiis have had to fai-: 1 . Although out of work, and knowing that,'when I start again. 1 will have to start at reduced wages, 1 enclose here £1 towards the payment of the “Argus” costs. J am. etc., Sl’i'.T DAI. 'IT JIHEKWOBKEH. We acknowledge £1 received. 1’0rt,,,,, ~f the above letter has had to be del,-ted.—Ed. “Argus.”