INSURANCE BENEFITS
POSSIBLE MODIFICATION OF
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LONDON, July 19. Mr C. F. G. Masterman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to _ tho Home Office, in an interview, hinted at tho possibility of applying medical benefits under tho Insurance Act only in areas wherein there was a sufficiency of doctors enrolled. The money in other areas would be returned to tho insurers. .
Six Sunderland shipyards are idle owing to the men rejecting the new insurance rules.
Sir William Plender explains that his report was restricted to answering a series of questions of fact. It does not purport to state what tho doctors are reasonably entitled to per head. “FINEST MEASURE PASSED.” LONDON. July 19. Lord Ashton’s firm notified the linoleum workers that as the Insurance Act is the finest measure passed in the workers’ interests, the firm will pay tho whole of tho contribution, and also supplement the sickness benefits to the extent of one-third.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8179, 22 July 1912, Page 7
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