COLLIERY ACCIDENT CASE.
DAMAGES AWARDED.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) *
WESTPORT, this day.
In tbe -ease of Champion v___us the Wesport Coal Co., Warden Kenrick gave reserved decision to-day. He ruled that deceased, was a. ..miner and that the accident happenediin a- mine; that be had full jiirisd-etion under the Coal Mines Act to hear the.case; that it was not necessary for the plaintiff to prove the incorporation of the Company; and that notice of claim to.th* company's manager wis s__ftci-rit. He therefor-' eni-reS up judgment nn tbe assessqrs findings for £300 damages with .costs £__:._. 18/2. ThY" defendant"'appeals" to the... di-Hict Court ori fact anrf law. Champion was a screen boy ; and was killed oh . the compauyls tramway near/the edal;binns.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 300, 16 December 1905, Page 7
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