COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS.
WELLINGTON, July 31. l-i the case of Carruthers. v. the Onion Steam Ship Company, a claim for compensation for injuries on board •bhe Mararoa, the Arbitration Court has decided that the Legislature has power to make a law giving to a servant a right to compensation in respect to an accident happening on the voyage of New Zealand slaps between New Zealand ports. It also held that the business of the Union Company was an employment to which the Workers Compensation for Accidents Act applied, and that the claimant came within the definition of worker. Claimant was awarded compensation at the rate of 22s 6d a week, during his total or partial incapacity.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7243, 31 July 1907, Page 3
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