CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, July 9. ' The Arbitration Court, to-day c gave judgment for the Railway Department in a claim for compensation at Ihe rate of £l3s 6d a week, made by Peter Potonari, who alleged that by Jan accident at the harbour at Lyttelton, .when landing sewerage steel pipes In October, 1908, the slings had slipped, and seriou3 hernia was caused to claimant. The evidence showed a hernia had been contracted in 1904, and that claimant made no complaint at the time of the accident chat hernia had been caused by it. The first hernia had necessitated Potonari's frequent absence from work, and it had not been shown that the existing hernia had been aggravated by anything occurring on the day of the accid;ntl Costs were not asked for,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9539, 10 July 1909, Page 5
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133CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9539, 10 July 1909, Page 5
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