WIDOW COMPENSATED.
SEQUEL TO DROWNING ACCIDENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. In the Arbitration Court, Lilian Carney, widow of John Carney, who lost his life when landing cargo from the steamer Pakura at Akitio on June 10, through a surf boat ewamping, was awarded £750 as compensation. It was Stated that the only reason the caee had come before the Court was that claimant lived in England, and th. necessary proofs of marriage were required.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 8 September 1926, Page 6
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