NATIONAL INSURANCE
OPPOSITNON IN AUSTRALIA,
By Telegraph—Press Ssoooiation—Copyright MELBOURNE, September 16. Dr. Ramsay Webb, in his presidential address to the British Medical Association, referred to the proposed scheme of national insurance. It was not evident, ho said, that there was any widespread demand for such a system; yet the demand had been assumed as a matter of course. _ _ The medical profession, Vhich had intimate knowledge of the surroundings and home life of the working classes, must deny the existence of any considerable number so destitute as to justify adoption of the scheme. [The Federal House of Representatives recently passed a motion to the effect that the time had arrived to take steps to remove the evil of unemployment in Australia. Commenting on the motion, Mr Glynn (Minister for External Affairs) announced that he was formulating questions to friendly societies, whoso co-operation in national insurance was desirer. The Government, he added, had decided to introduce a measure which would at least mitigate, if not remove, unemployment.]
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8526, 16 September 1913, Page 7
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165NATIONAL INSURANCE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8526, 16 September 1913, Page 7
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