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Be■ n -By, DAVE McGHEEThe Dptrictclaim of JohnUnion has beeiL ahle to .establish the allowensky frojfn Polaris-Taku and the Compensation Boabd: paid back compensation to him to the amount of $60^xThe history of the case dates back to November 23. i9S0, \yhen Jdhn came to Vancouver suffering- from an mdpstrlal accident that caused nearly, total blindness.The shop in which he was work-had no shields for arc welding or acetylene welding up until October, When John arrived in Vancouver, hlt; was taken jfco^the-Gen-make .further investigations. It seems that Mr. Abbletlyafter having had three months to make in-e ral - -Hospital- and “he 'reSijaitied there until Jifi_jwaa--rai February, Upon pressing the board to make payment to John Hallowenky and refund the fare which he had paid Vancouver, Mr. Abblett,' commissioner on theboard, then stated -he wanted toSTIhake them at the last minute. Although the^favorable John, and he saw seventeen doctor^ in the. City of Vancouver who co no^ay that he wasn’t blipdI from flash or arsen ic fumes, the board withheld the payment until just(Continued on page 6)
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Vancouver BC District Union News
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Mar 30, 1951
Page 3
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