WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 8

WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

i fP 11 ? ;^t b i' r ?J' on?;c ' : ' ur f: (»fe:Justice ■ ':Sld W L g h;: with ■m ! m : Takers ;.r?prssentatiye) :;s a f-: yesterdar to :fl?*V'; w ;pensation-A6t;':':**'.-.v;i'r-:v \;? .v-t;. •■■ ■<-',: -.- .; ■paries -Cooke;:(Mr,yTrMQ>oil}; cla'imed vcora^ ! P|ns6tlonfrom.the, : lJnionySteamSliip Company,; 't! n '-"spoe^ of ;the'death;;of-h'is'sgn Frffth-Robi 1 |M-?S^^%r:tinlyi;qucstioi-:aO:issu fl -was , f h !<!^^! l " < ''i' : '(lvhp;;resides at' VVAiganuvJaiid .is-:a,:l)arnster.-&nd,isolicitor of *ftt'S?P5 e l n , O .?P9 n r^'-' ibut :n otihpw-;;is0tihpw-; ; is Was -a y-aependc'nt'V.upon ■; the ; .carriiftgs':;of ■'. the qeosasedlW,;-;::";- 'i/::!:- : - '''-j-^yy'.'"^"--:. .■■<■

- ;Mr > \ Tr « a . dwe H » r ? n ed that; the.'be'n'cflts' to be :qonsfdered.;as'basis.ifor,compensation were iibt ;5p n o n receiVedi.-'but -ii.-; iCluded,:als6.'any';'obligati6nysuch'.''as''a-. liability .'■nndfef^the"De's.tittifo;Persons'..^"ot;- ■''■:■?;■■.- ,',-•■ ['^Mn-Eevi;;.fdr:;.;t]ie jresporide'nl. cbiiipany, con-felided.-tnat-tih'ly'the-b'enefits'.actuaily received conipntiiiff ; J?. l sP? DSat 'o!?;'f''M- ; > (v « Part ■; of .the: objeot.-. of ■,m& A'ct-.tp-ymake:-the...benefits;-'!' eceived during a-.fiicd-psrio'd ..the"-basisv:o(,;conipcnsation, so 4i rtb (facilitate settlement between -the parties (.without'; recourse;';to-tlie'iCourt:'-'-\.ln this 'case deceased -;bad living at. home ' with", the family,-';nn'd.'paying-only-10s. : a week;'''lt .was .quite.'possiblei.that:"this arraiigemoiit -had' ih-'yolyed'-.avloss, .to! the'.clairaaht, instead- of,'a-ben«fityiii/;terms'of-'the''Act.',.y-.;.•:' ' : . :■ : -

w-rMiS-*Trta'direll,),. in'ffeply/: said -.'the■■ '.Court -the- total- amount ;whiohyhad;.,actnally':been paid'by' deceased. * : .-'-:5!5.-Hpnour.,'said, v .if .that- were so, ■it'.wo'uld ,r^;.'al''iju^stidn.yof.'';what'. ! behSfits\claima!it received 1 Rr'i6r.','to':the'..time ; '-when deceased -left yy:^ ; "'-'. : ''.---■-.-,' "■■'<" v;"'-••:' '■••;"-.'■'■'• r ;yThe; case'.wo's.-,adjourned, to enable 'counsel itoygßt : '.the'.-dat6 ; of.,"deceased's- departure, from :Wahganui. ; -;"':'';'' ; ;'-;;:-,-:■;- •'■■ ■;-;'•' ; ': ; --.•-" ''.'.';'''•,-.■■ .■";,-'