Second Edition. DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 39, 8 June 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. DOMINION NEWS.

WATERSIDER DROWNED. [Pjsb Pekbs Association.] Christchurch, June fj. On Saturday evening, Thomas O’Mally, a watersider, fell off the wharf at Lyttelton, striking the hull of the Wahine as he fell. The body was not recovered till the vessel sailed. At the inquest a vef-dict of accidental death by drowning was returned. BARRIER RESIDENT DROWNED. Auckland, June 8. Albert N. Osborne, a resident of Tryphena, Great Barrier, was drowned on Saturday night by the capsizing of a boat. AN INSURANCE CASE. 'A Auckland, June 6. In the Supreme Court, Judge Cooper gave judgment in an insurance claim by Nickle Bros., farmers, near Cambridge, against the Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company. Plaintiffs purchased from the Seventh Day Adventists a property at Pukekura, with a large wooden building, and insured with the defendant Company by the plaintiffs for £4OO on July 19, 1912, and it was totally destroyed by lire on December 23, 1912. It was stated that the building was also insured with the Standard Insurance Company for £2OOO and that the Standard rejected the claim. Judge Cooper gave judgment aaginst plaintiffs. Sufficient notice of the fire had been given, but the company repudiated all liability. Condition 13 of the policy said that all benefits under the policy would be forfeited if a claim be made and rejected, and the action or suit not commenced within three months. The condition was not unreasonable, involved no harship, and it was plaintiff’s own. fault that they, without delayed commencing the action until six weeks after the expiration of the period of three months.

A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE. Christchurch, June 7. After a somewhat tempestuous voyage of seven days ’the Melbourne Steamship Company’s Melbourne arrived at Lyttelton this morning with over 2000 tons of Newcastle coal. The vessel left the New South Wales port early on Saturday morning last, and once into the Tasman Sea encountered a strong southerly gale,, with high seas, which for four days raged with the force of a cyclone. On Tuesday last the decks were awash fore and aft, and in the fury of the gale ladders, steam pipe casings, and other deck fittings were bent and broken, whilst sails and tarpaulin hatch covers were also ripped to pieces. The starboard boat was also stove in. For several hours the steamer was hove-to. Owing to the constant tossing of the vessel, the cargo shifted, and the Melbourne arrived at port with a decided list. .