The Compensation Act.
NORTHERN COAL COMPANY. CEASES OPERATIONS. —w~ PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland January 5. The Northern Coal Company, which pays £25,000 yearly in wages and from £SOOO to £6OOO in accident insurance, offered the whole of their accident insurance to the State Office which was declined. Whereupon the Company decided to lay up between twenty-five to thirty boats employed in their business. They pay off the men to-day and anchor the vessels in the stream. The Company contemplates arranging for supplies of Newcastle coal to provide the needs of their customers.
WHANGAREI MINERS STAND FIRM. Whangarei, January 5. All the coal miners in Hikarangi and Kiripaka. express their determination to remain firm in their de-
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Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 60166, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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116The Compensation Act. Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 60166, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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