MOST DANGEROUS CALLING.
MINING IN BRITAIN. Which is the most dangerous industry? - From the statistics of compensation paid - in liases of disablement, it would seem that mining .entails the greatest : risk. of accident, 'Bays a London paper. ;■'.*■<• h The annual charge for compensation in the mining .industry, averaged in 1921 40s y.. 9d "■: per person employed. ■:■ For, factory employees the ; figure was only 9s 5d," and ror railway ,- workers lis Bd. . - : During the year £5,509,395 was distri- - buted among 285,746 persons eligible under / the . provisions of the Workmen's * Compensatioc Act and the Employers' J Liability Act. ' - : . . Taking establishment charges and other , expenses into consideration, it is > esti- .: mated that the total cost of compensation in 1921 : was about £3,500.000. ; •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 7
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119MOST DANGEROUS CALLING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 7
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