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RAtLWAYMEN'S HOSPITAL FEES. DEPARTMENT MIT RESPONSIBLE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The rpiestion was lately raised as If, whether Hie Railway Department was liable for hospital fees incurred by ils employees on aecount of sickness or accident, The lio.parliiient now disclaims any such liability as payments of the kind would !••■ really compassionate allowances. Members i.l the railway service, ;is taxpayers, have co/ili'Untied lo the maintenance of hospitals and are entitled lo livalment therein. If a member cannot pay lie is in no diii'eivnl position from any oilier citizen who cannot afford Hie fees.
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Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16841, 6 July 1926, Page 5
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