The work ol' painting the Christrhurch railway station will probably be begun early next, week and arrangements are at present being made by the railway authorities to put the work in hand. A sum of money lias been set aside from the estimates lor the job, which will he earned out by painters outside the employ of the .Railways Board but under "the supervision of a staff foreman. It is expected that several unemployed men will be given emThe words employed in a statement, of claim to describe the 1931 earthquake gave rise to a comment by Mr Justice Frazer in the Court of Arbitration at Napier recently. The statement of claim read that the plaintiff "suffered personal injury by an accident arising out of his' employment in that as a result of a sudden violent and continued disturbance of the equilibrium of the building . . ." His Honour said: "This is an elaborate way of describing the
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21088, 13 February 1934, Page 10
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