WIDOW AWARDED £SOO.
Christehnreh, Last Night
The Arbitration Court has awarded the widow of a (south Canterbury drover, who was thrown from a horse and killed, £SOO compensation and expenses. One of the defences raised was that the action was liarred by the Workers’ Compensation Act, as action had not been brought within six months from the date of death. The Court, in holding against the defendants on this point, attributed the lapse of lime before the action had been brought to no fault of the plaintiff, but to delay on the part of the Public Trust officials, who were originally acting for the widow in dealing with the matter, the judgments commenting in very strong terms upon this delay on the part of the Government,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2112, 8 April 1920, Page 2
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126WIDOW AWARDED £5OO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2112, 8 April 1920, Page 2
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