Addresses to College Pupils.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1939, Page 4

Addresses to College Pupils.

Two addresses were given at Wairarapa College yesterday. Miss ’ Celia Drummond spoke to all the pupils on her experiences during a visit to the Continent and Miss Meredith-Jones gave a talk to the girls on sport and physical work in secondary schools and among young women in England. Both addresses were greatly appreciated.

Prisoner’s Liberty Ended. After a month’s liberty following an escape from cells at the Auckland Central Police Station, Raymond Patrick Letton, aged 32, has been arrested in Wellington. He was originally taken into custody in Auckland on January 22 on a charge of unlawfully converting a motor-car to his own use and he will now appear in Auckland eventually on that charge. A water pipe leading from the top of the 20ft. wall to a hand basin in the yard provided the means by which the wall was scaled. At the top of the wall is a wire-nett-ing screen designed to prevent the escape of anyone who succeeded in climbing the wall, but it proved unequal to the task on this occasion. A hole in the netting at the top of the pipe showed that Letton had broken through where the netting had rusted, and made a successful exit from the vicinity. Australian Yachtsmen.

“I don’t think there is any doubt that -we shall be back again next year in spite of what has happened,” said Mr E. C. Chapman, a member of the New South Wales Sailing League, who accompanied the crews of the three Australian 18ft boats which took part in the world title races at Auckland. “Some oi our fellows were sore for a while over the Taree’s disqualification, but most of them have got over that and will abide by the result of the appeal.” He suggested that there had been a set of unfortunate circumstances attached to the committee’s decision, but also that there were shortcomings in the rules. He felt no doubt that the rules would be revised. All the visiting yachtsmen left for Sydney by the Awatea on Wednesday night.

Damages of £3lOO Awarded. Special damages of £B5l 9s 9d and general damages of £2250 were awarded to Percy J. Morris, of Whangamomona, by a jury in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday in an action against Edgar R. Putt, of Otakeho brought as the result of an accident in Tokoaro about' two and a half years ago. The jury found that the other defendant in the action, Alexander Riley, of Ngalea, Thames, did not contribute to the accident. Judgment was entered for Morris for the sum named. The case was the outcome of a collision between Putt’s car and a motorcycle ridden by Morris. Riley's truck was parked near where the collision occurrec. and it was allaged that it was unlighted and, combined with Putt’s negligence, caused the accident. As a resul of the accident Morris was severely injured in a leg. He spent many months in hospital.

An “Hysterical Knee.” A claim for compensation for an injury described by a medical witness as an “hysterical knee," was sought by Archibald Greenhill, miner, Huntly, from the Taupiri Coal Mines in the Court of Arbitration in Wellington yesterday. The statement of claim set out that on February 18. 1938, plaintiff re[ceived an injury to his right knee in the course of his employment as the result of being struck by coal. He had since been totally disabled from working. The company had made certain payments of compensation at the rate of £4 2s a week, for which credit was given. The defence admitted the facts concerning the injury. The only point in dispute was the amount of additional compensation. In giving judgment, the Court advised that it was a wellestablished rule to allow three months' special compensation in neurasthenia cases. Hysteria cases were in a different category, because of the element of doubt as to the period of recovery. In the present case, six months’ special compensation would be allowed and five weeks from the date of the last' payment, both to be at the rate of £4 2s a week. Costs were fixed at £ 10.