gold-miner claims FROM WAIHI COMPANY
STRUCK BY ROCKS DAMAGES OF £l2O AWARDED
tat ' n 9» at the Arbitration Court pi* rnorninq, before Mr. Justice Frazer, that he had been injured by a fall of rock while working in a ™' ne ’ at Waihi, Thomas James Leo. Meagher claimed compensation from the Waihi Gold Mining Company, Ltd. w The accident, which occurred on * 21, 192 6, resulted in plaintiff reana ng severe injuries to his head ear. Mr. J. J. Sullivan, for said that though Meagher’s Dnr 68 had been diagnosed as temary, his physical condition had del , n worse which accounted for the a y in bringing the action. 0 # nlntiff claimed a weekly payment to 7s 10d as from March 25, 1927, • J)rese nt date; such further lump , ® u . as the Court might consider reasonable, and costs. th t° r de^ endan t» Mr. J. Hore submitted at Meagher had entirely recovered °m his injuries, and that the com.Jiad discharged all its obligations 10 him. 11 was alleged that plaintiff had not tnplied with all the provisions of the h i° rlcers ’ Compensation Act, 1922, and stat „^ tlon was therefore barred by Judgment was given for plaintiff. or »Pensation being fixed at £l2O.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 343, 2 May 1928, Page 1
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203gold-miner claims FROM WAIHI COMPANY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 343, 2 May 1928, Page 1
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