COMPENSATION FOR WIDOW.
WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO PAY £650. Wellington, Yesterday. In the Supreme Court on Tuesday the case in which Eliza Gray Needham, a widow claimed £ fit 00 damages from the Wellington CityCorpora lion, in respect of the death of her husband, Thomas George Needham, a carrier, was concluded. The claim arose out of a fatal collision which occurred ai the junction of Malcolm Lnno and Tinakori Road on the morning of February 2nd, when Needham’s horse express and a frameur collided. The plaintiff alleged negligence on the port of the Corporation but this was denied. The ease was heard before Mr. Justice Sim and jury.
The jury returned at 3 o’clock Did awarded £650 damages, inclining £SOO to Mrs. Needham and £IOO o Needham’s mother.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3829, 9 August 1928, Page 3
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127COMPENSATION FOR WIDOW. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3829, 9 August 1928, Page 3
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