NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

tEr TslesTapTi.—Prtei AssoouitipßO . ~ 9 —*, ■ CLAIM FOR DAMAGES, AN ACCIDENT IN A WAREHOUSE. Auokf and, • February 4. In Hie Supremo Court to*day a claim : was brought by Arthur" Richard Sydney G'Halloran, warehouseman, against John Chambers airi Son for the recovery of £200 general damages, awl £46 3s. 6d. special- damages in respect to tin accident tltiat occurred iu defendant!. , * warehouse in Juno last. A defence- of contributory neglect was raised. Plaintiff had been employed in tlio showroom handling some coils of rubber liosb to ft bin, and lio was about six foot up on a ladder, which skidded, and plaintiff was pwcipitated down a. lift well, lib sustained Serious internal injuries. It was contended} that tho protection round the iift well was insufficient. R;is Hohonif decided to msilso personal iivBpeotion of tho lift and reserved judgment.

DISHONESTY PUNISHED. New Plymouth, February.4. In th.fi Supremo Court to-day William Senry Bosking, a ciwk in the employment of. Hft'rS-ey and Murphy, butdliers, of Now Plymouth, was sentenced "to three years' , hard labour 'with reformative treatment of fitfe. years oh A charge of embezzling sums ateouoting to £32 7s. Robert Johnson, on n charge of 'picking a pocket at the' Stratford race* course on J.wwery 1, was sentenced to five-ayears' hard labour. '

bWtH AGAINST OATH. ■'■■'. Dunedlni, Fete-nary 4. ; At the Police Court this' morning Sir/ H. Y.|.Widddwsoti, S.M., gave-.reserved judgment- in tire of Albert' Brodie, Hall, a hairdresser; Vvlra was charged n-ith four breaches., of tho Gaining Act itt connection with Tattersall's sweeps. After outlining the fact? of the eiise tho Magistrate snid that, on evidonco, it was n. case, of oath, against oath and ho dismissed it, . . ;