MR MASSEY' S OPINION.
AUCKLAND, January 13. Mr Massoy, Leader of the Opposition, received a telegram from the secretary of the Thames Miners' Union a day or two ago asking him to suggest a solution of the difficulty. In his reply, Mr Massey said that while willing to do anything possible to remove the present deadlock, he considered the only way out of the difficulty was to convene Parliament for the purpose of amending the act. Mr Massey stated to-day that he doubted whether the Government had the legal power to give a guarantee to the Accident Insurance Department to make up any loss that might arise in connection with the insurance of miners against pneumoconi^sis between now and this meeting of Parliament, and he doubted also whether the department would be within its legal rights in accepting such a guarantee, even if it were covered. " The proper constitutional course," he said, " is to convene Parliament, and allo wit to deal with the matter."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 81
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