WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 105, 1 May 1909, Page 2

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

Many Ann, while cutting bread, Gut her finger. With elation, Mary Ann went off to bed, Claiming compensation. William Jones, while parting coke, Bruised his shin. With jubilation, William cried, "A happy stroke! One year's compensation. Chairle^, the waiter, dropped' the cheese, " . . Hurt his toe ; retired from waiting. . . Six months' claim. . At Brighton he's

Now recuperating. Jane, while' cooking, trod and slid : On some fat, and fell obliquely; Interesting invalid. Drawing two pounds weekly. Jack, the hodman, scratched his wrist—' Scratched it with a .scaffold-spilnteir. On the compensation list, Resting for the winter. On a job at Maida Vale, With his hammer, Green, the plumber, Hit the wrong nail (finger nail). . . . Resting till next summer. Bless the goodness, and the grace, And the thoughtful legislation That conferred upon our race Workmen's compensation. —Sunday Chcronicle.