AUCKLAND TRAMWAY FATALITY.
AUCKLAND* August 11. A claim for £1000 damages against the Auckland Tramway Company arising out of the death of. Mrs Anni^.Hotanell, oil Christchurcn. tfiroTigfa befrig 'thrown or falling off a tramcar at Qaebjnnga -o» June 15, -reajs. heard in. the SuOTeinft Courtj to-day. iTne'jury found fdiT th« tfianw tiff, and awarded. £700 damages^. Leave was granted to Mr Reeo, ort behalf of the Tramway Company, to movtt for a new trial, on the ground that tb« damages were excessive.
Twenty performances by the Imperial Russian ballet at the Ohatejet Tbeatar«, Paris, brought in the enormous sum <A £20,700, or an average of more than £1000 a performance.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 4
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110AUCKLAND TRAMWAY FATALITY. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 4
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