Acts of the Honourable Commission of Government of Newfoundland

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David C.B. Dawe, Queen's Printer, 1908

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Page 13 - or other reasonable cause'; and (6) The failure to make a claim within the period above specified shall not be a bar to the maintenance of such proceedings if it is found that the failure was occasioned by mistake, absence from the Colony, or other reasonable cause. (2) Notice in respect of any injury under this
Page 20 - dependant upon the earnings of the workman at the time of his death, or would, but for the incapacity due to the accident, have been so dependent. Member of a family means wife or husband, father, mother, grand-mother, grand-father, step-father, step-mother, son, daughter, grand-son, grand-daughter, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, halfbrother, half-sister.
Page 38 - to conduct original researches and verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals, the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same ; the chemical composition of useful plants at the different stages of their growth ; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying
Page 12 - notice of the accident has been given as soon as practicable after the happening thereof and before the workman has voluntarily left the employment in which he was injured, and unless the claim for compensation with respect to such accident has been made within six months from the occurrence of the accident causing the injury, or, in the case of death, within six
Page 23 - (d) Where the employer has been accustomed to pay to the workman a sum to cover any special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment the sum so paid shall not be reckoned as part of the earnings. (3) In fixing the amount of the weekly payment, regard
Page 21 - the amount payable under the foregoing provisions, as may be agreed upon, or, in default of agreement, may be determined, to be reasonable and proportionate to the injury to the said dependents ; and (iii ) If he leaves no dependents, the reasonable expenses of his medical attendance and burial, not exceeding
Page 38 - growth ; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops ; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimatization ; the analysis of soils and water ; the chemical composition of manures, natural and artificial, with experiments to test their comparative
Page 21 - said employer has been less than the said three years, then the amount of his earnings during the said three years shall be deemed to be one hundred and fifty-six times his average weekly earnings during the period of his actual employment under the said employer. ., , , , ii
Page 20 - dollars, whichever of those sums is the larger, but not exceeding in any case fifteen hundred dollars, provided that the amount of any weekly payments made under this Act, and any lump sum paid in redemption thereof, shall be deducted from such sum, and, if the
Page 26 - Supreme Court, who shall, subject to such rules, on being satisfied as to its genuineness, record such memorandum in a special register without fee, and thereupon the memorandum shall for all purposes be enforceable as a judgment of the Supreme Court. Provided that— (a) No such memorandum shall be recorded before seven days after the dispatch by the

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