LABOUR AFFAIRS.
WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT COMPANIES REFUSE RISKS. m ra'itsa isaocimox—coftbiokt SYDNEY, This Day. One of the largest Australian Insurance Companies working in New South Wales, decided to cease undertaking insurances under the new Workmens’ Compensation Act, and it is believed the remaining Australian Companies will do likewise. Nothing has yet lieen decided regarding the Companies having headquarters in Britain, but it is known that the position is receiving the earnest consideration of the London directors. Mr Lang stated definitely that that there would be no postponment of the operation of the Act which comes into force on Thursday. He declined- to discuss the point raised by Mr Bavin as to- the legality of the Government’s aetion, but said if the State took o® the responsibility, his Government would never repudiate it.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 29 June 1926, Page 5
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