QUAKE INJURIES

Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1932, Page 3

QUAKE INJURIES

APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL. WELLINGTON, July 14. ConditonaiL'leave to appeal to .the Privy Council was- granted by the Court of Appeal yesterday in respect of the decision in the four case*; beard' by the court last year involving, con* sideration of the question of eaitljr, quake risk. ; - • -— ■■

In answer to the question, whicli .is. of great importance, part<klarlyvm New Zealand, .the Court of Appeal held that injuries received by foai men, leading .in two eases'to death, in the Hawke’s Bay earthquake did not' come within the meaning of the Compensation Act as arising out of the employment of the mien. The eases were typical of the many which happened to workers in Hawke’s Bay on the day of the earthquake. The parties in the four cases, which were consolidated for the. purpose-of legal argument, were as follow : Thomas Borthwick -and Sons (Australasia), Ltd., v. John Ryan; Nefeons (N.Z.), Ltd., v. John Pend-crgpst Thomas James Brennan and Chades Fenton Manning v. Philomena •'■MUry i AslnPell; and Thomas Borthwxclc' ahd : Sons -(Australasia), Ltd., VrtMA'rgaret Brooke-r. . : sldu-w:

The Chief Justice LSiV 'Mf'-lrte. l Myers) informed counsel that the'court had no objection to any f'irthei' ,ii ii , giWr 1 facts on certain aspects being ’added.' Tf th!e appeal was to be gone oh 1 'with. application for final leave'to'.appeal canid be made at the next Vsitting'aof the court. ' .