INJURY BY ENEMY ACTION
PROVISION FOR COMPENSATION 1 MAY BECOME RESPONSIBILITY OF 1 STATE ( The opinion that compensation lor I oeath or injury due to enemy action should be the responsibility of the Stale was expressed by the Prime, .'fillister, Mr Fraser, in an announcement in the official organ of the Labour c Party. He added that the introduction v • f legislation to make special provision c tor such compensation would be dis- « cussed by the Government with indus- v Mr Fraser explained that at present * liability was on the employer under *' the Workers’ Comp*?n7Btion for Acci- I 1 dent Act and there was a doubt how j * far liability should be sustained when i ! iiemy action was the cause. Unless “ i !ovision was made, some victims ot I 1 [he war might find themselves without I () * election.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 30 April 1942, Page 4
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138INJURY BY ENEMY ACTION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 30 April 1942, Page 4
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