ACCIDENT IN HOLD
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Holding .ttfaere had (been jno negligence on. the part .'of ihe "Wellington Harboiur Board -or *fe cranedriver, the Chief Jiusiioe (Sir JffiLchael; Myers), in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, founti *he Shaw Savill |and Albion Cp^ Xtd., liable for the ! damages ithat Jsad >b©eH paid 4o Francis Thomas iCnopp, a ■mateE^.'d/e of Wellington, <wjio was anJMred Toy the -tray of a wttarf ,cr«ane wlien working in the Jsto. 2 hoM on Hhe Tamaroa. The company and fee board trad agreed that Cropp was exx&&e& to recover; and had paid him £954 29s 3d, lin addition lo .£l-47 10s iHttatlhad %een paid toy the company as -workers' jcoxnpen.saHon ajad anedieal £3Epensfis. The! eampany tocra^ht am .acticcn f or £1142 ,9s 3d, alleging -ttiat the accident 2iad "been caused %>y the aegligenae :of the driver of the wharf crane.
Mr. JE. D.. Blundell .appeared for the company .and Mr. J. F- B. Stevfinson for the board. ' ..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 11
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160ACCIDENT IN HOLD Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 11
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