Kopuawhara Victims; Full Compensation
f Per Press Associate.— Copyright.! GISBORNE. This Day.
Mr D. W Coleman. M.P. for Gisborne. stales that the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, informed him that the Government will pay full compensation under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act. in respect of all victims of the Kcpuwhara tragedy, similar to what would have been paid if the victims had lost their lives by accident while working.
Public Funeral,
At a public funeral .in the Wairoa Cemetery yesterday ,the bodies of seven of the 21 victims in the East Coast camp disaster were buried. There were present Ministers of the Crown, representatives of the New Zealand Workers' Union, 500 Public Works employees, arid almost every resident of Wairoa and a large number from tire district.
The seven bodies were buried side by side in a community grave. Messages of sympathy were read by the three officiating clergymen, from the Governor-General, the Prime Minister, and Public Works employees at Waikaremoana.
At the request of the Mayor, all business houses were closed in the town.
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Northern Advocate, 23 February 1938, Page 3
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