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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 206, 1 September 1933, Page 12

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UNKNOWN VEHICLES. MOTOR INSURANCE CLAIM. FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND. (By Telegraph.—rress Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. An adjournment of tho tribunal was made this afternoon in connection -with the hearing of the first action arising out of the agreement between the Minister of Transport and the companies which accept risk under the Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party) Risks Act, 102 S. The hearing was commenced earlier in the day in the Magistrate's Court before the arbitrators, Mr. E. Page, S.M., Mr. W. Perry and Mr. W. E. Leicester. Tho object of the agreement was to deal with claims in respect of death or bodily injury caused by the use in New Zealand of motor vehicles that could not bo identified. The agreement sets out that if any person is killed or injured by an unidentifiable motor vehicle which has current registration plates attached the underwriters will settle the claim in accordance with the decision of three arbitrators. Tho plaintiff if Neil D. Hood, who claims £1000 from the insurance pool in respect of an injury on December 8. When he was about three and a half miles south of Manakau, what he described as a large, heavily-laden transport lorry collided with his car. At the conclusion of the case for the claimant Mr. O'Leary submitted that there was no proof that if the claimant's car was struck by some other vehicle, that that vehicle had registration plates attached, or that they were for the current year. After conferring with other members of tho tribunal, Mr. Page said it might bo a reasonable inference to draw that the lorry carried current number plates. '•However, we have not come to a conclusion on that," he said, "and after further consideration we will advise counsel whether there is a case to answer." The tribunal then adjourned.