TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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COURT OF APPEAL. WELLINGTON, July 16. This afternoon the Court of Appeal heard the,case ease of Tricker v. Wellington City Corporation. This is a special case 011 a question of law remov. ed into the Court of Appeal for argument. The facts were that a tramway employee suffered injury while altering the polo of his car. The car behind suddenly moved up, and crushed him between the two ears. Plaintiff claims that the defendant’s liability is governed by clause 4.0 of the second schedule of the Tramways Act, 1.908; defendants claim that his rights arc regulated by the Workers’ Compensation Act. The only point in issue is whether clause 40 of the second schedule of the Tramway j Act does away with the ordinary doctrine of common employment in a case where a servant is injured hv the negligence of a fellow servant. Mr O’Regtn . appeared for the plaintiff, and ‘Mr O’Shea for the defendants. Judgment was reserved.

The Court of Appeal gave judgment this morning in the case of Grove v. the Union Steam Ship Company. The Court decided in favour of plaintiff that the defendant company was not entitled to treat the course taken by a ship as fulfilling the obligation to perform the voyage from Vancouver to Auckland, and the defendant, having elected to go to Sydney without landing the ship’s cargo at Auckland, was responsible for tho loss incurred by the shipper. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £937 17s 6d with interest at the rate of 6 per cent, from January 20th., 1920, together with costs in the Court of Appeal on the highest scale as from a distance, and costs in the Supreme ConVt as per scale, with 15 guineas extra for further days, and eight guineas per diem for second counsel. [This case arise over the overcarrying of a shipment of apples by the Makura to Sydney.]

STRIKE ENDED. ROTORUA, July 20. Tiie water pipe layers strike lias ended. The men accepted the Government offer of 13/- a day and resumed work this morning. A FUMJGATION. WELLINGTON, July 20. A thorough fumigation of the Mahan.i is being carried out to-day and when this is completed the wntersidevs wi l ! commence the discharge of baggage. EMBARGO ON RACERS. CHRISTCHURCH. July 20. At a meeting at Riccarton to-day, a letter was read from the Transport Federation asking ail expression of opinion regarding the proposal fo lift the embargo on travel of horses by steamer. It is understood practically all the local jockeys signed a petition favouring the removal of the embargo.