CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 3

CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.

UXI'ROTBUTED GRAVEL-FIT. j LOSS OF A HORSE. I At yesterday's meeting of the Stratford County Council, Mr. J. R. Corrigan attended in connection with an accident which had occurred on the Mountain road, whereby he bad lost a filly, valued at £3O, which, while being driven along the road, had fallen over an unprotcet- , ed metal pit (Wt deep and was killed. He stated that lie did not wish to take extreme steps without first endeavoring to have an amicable settlement. The filly had been sold to a Waikato buyer for I'3o. and that was the amount that • he was claiming. Whether the Council ! recognised 1 iis elaim ov not, he considei- ; ed that the pit was a death-trap, and j should he, fenced for future protection, j The matter was discussed by the Council, and various questions were asked, the Council ultimately declining to ae- | cept responsibility. Mr Corrigan then put in a formal ; claim for the amount, and the Council ; resolved to submit the matter to lM j solicitor for advice. j A MOTORING ACCIDENT. j STRATFORD RESIDENTS' NARROW j ESCAPE. 1 ! A narrow escape from what might j easily have been a serious if not fatal accident occurred 011 Tuesday night to • a Stratford resident and his wife, who were motoring home from Wanganui. When commencing the descent into the Manutahi Gorge the driver failed to note the sharp turn the road takes to the j right and kept straight 011, with the re- ■ suit that he went over the steep bank for a distances of some oO feet, landing within three feet of a large tree. Thanks mainly to a stout barbed-wire fence, the ear's downward progress was checKed in the nick of time, and it was prevented from overturning. lloth fclie occupants escaped without, any injury except a few scratches from the barbed-wire. The ear. a handsome little 10 h.p. Morris-Ox-ford. was quite new, having recently been landed from the boat and later used in AVanganui for d< nonstration purpose". As a result of the fa 1 ! it was badly da.ll- - one wheel being broken and tie l , axle and radiator badly damaged. For- , tunately for the motorists, two cars came along immediately after the accident, and some few minutes later a medical man passing by in a car also arrived on the scene. After a few min- 1 utes spent in salvaging a few personal j effects from the car, the unlucky couple were taken ori to Hawcra, An effort . was to be made to get the damaged car on to the road yesterday.—Patea Press. ! PERSONAL. | At the meeting of the Stratford County Council yesterday, some highly enlo-g'i-tie references were made to the services rendered by the late engineer, who | has just resigned after ten years' s»r- I vice.' Cr. Smith just got in ahead of Cr. | Thomson in moving a resolution —"'I 'lit j this Council desires to place 011 record its high appreciation of the professional services rendered to the Council by Mr. E. C. Robinson in his capacity as engineer, extending over a period of ten ..ears, and, while wishing liiui every success, trust that the severance that has taken place between himself and the Council may in no way mar the friendly and cordial relations existing between himself and tin- Council." Cr. Thomson seconded tile resolution, after l'eadin" one of a similar' nature which he had himself prepared. 111 speaking to J the resolution, lie said that Ml'. Robin- j son had been engineer to the Council 1 during trying times, when (hey had suF- | fered much From slips, floods, etc., and 1 had always given the Council of ms ; best. He referred to the concrete, j bridges which the engineer had built— j bridges which would last long afte, : members of the Council and the engineer . j were no mere. The motion was carried , I unanimously. 1 Mr Lopd'cll. the new!'.-appointed en- . Igineer to the Stratford County Coiuvil. j was present at the Council meeting yes- ; teniae and wa- introduced to the mem- ■ hers.' During the meeting a request wis ! received from the Vvaiiuatc est County Council asking that Mr. T.opdell slunthl he allowed to pay occasional visits ;o , that county for a lew weeks until their j »ew overseer arrived, and this was imam- ; 1,1011-h agreed to. | I GENERAL. | \ . a iv-iilt of Mr. -T. P>. llmeV adv.i- ! a loadiue bank lor !.'••••«■• l» provided lit the Doiigla- -lation. Tlie following c;iiiiiii!et's have sn far In.en •nominal'd ior ice - .111;; . Queen e ; .i)tc-l:- -. . wiu'.iie Uigne..... l-'iicidly Socielies. Mi« -Mice Cranio,; A. ami I'. Association (the f'ouiiNy !!i ill i 1 11. - . i': ( Smit'i. \!i\ J. p.. Kir'mnK pn>Mrnl of Urn . SUatfuni ui t'urnw&ii«f| 01 > tlm l'iin:r Minimi;-.' mi I utility to tllv tin 1 r-JH'i'd V sctth'llli'llt of !*, . Hi 11. 12, 1"). uinl ' r >. litnc!. I'niuitu Si> ami s.M-iir.ll 1. block It. Wiiro 5.1).. ! ( rown land (of a total area of about 'iui'.i acres), about, tin ,'iibs iroin Strat'■'oi'il which has lien Jvinu idle lor a mmiiier of years. Mr- Richards, pointed out that tlie land was good settlement land, a nil was onl. ai'out si N or seven miles from the railway. At piesent there was about .l"n|i:i worth "• ti.n.ier on it. but he thought Ihe t iudvr coald be loaded on the value of ; ; ie land, and settlers would take it up. The land was alrcadv surveyed into sections. 111 reply Mr." Massey said that he was pleased to hear that there was such M i;i I'c'e area liiat could be settled. Ihe tii„;„T «a- (!:.• di.M.iiby. 1! >' ""e po- .i 1.1.' to !.:■> ■ lb., lam! ct Med v'i"in;i' it Wf'Ul- 1 be un ;i- soon Or'lM \f i'i.MtJt. 1!i-It; 1 rds. who .-,.S ill! l odii'-ed by Mr. 1.1. i!. nine. u>r I Jof the S'rsitfor.l < hamber of' ( oiiiiiiei-e as In the manner in which he had settled the KaiiteU.; block. They were wi T king. he said, tor I'll veai- to get 1 hat settled, but got no Satisfaction till they placed it ill Mr. \la-ev's hands. Nov every section v::'» take'up. Mr. Ma-sey;. "I an, glad to licji;• if. I jim not tu k"p lyinir iillr."