CLAIMS BY MINE WORKERS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22397, 10 May 1938, Page 8

CLAIMS BY MINE WORKERS

ARBITRATION COURT SITTING CASES HEARD AT* WESTPORT Four compensation claims by miners against the tockton Company were dealt with by the Arbitration Court at Westport yesterday afternoon. Mr Justice O’Regan presided, and associated with him were Mr A. L. Monteith (employees’ representative) and Mr W. Cecil Pr*»ie (employers’ representative). Settlements were reached in the cases of T. W. Pratt and J. S. Gennon, who were awarded £69 15s and £386 respectively as compensation for injuries sustained and loss of work. A clash of medical opinions resulted in the case in which Robert McKenna, who lost his little finger and two | joints of the ring finger on the left i hand in a mine accident, claimed com- , pensation for total disablement and 1 loss of work. Dr, P. L. Foote, of Westport, said that he considered that McKenna’s earning power as a coal miner had been reduced 20 per cent, and that he would be handicapped In the use of a pick or shovel. Dr. J. Leslie Will (Christchurch) said that McKenna would soon be quite capable of using a pick or shovel and of adjusting himself to his disability. The severed joints had no great industrial use. “In six weeks after the case, it plaintiff settled down to work, he would be as good as ever,” said Dr. Will. Dr. Will’s evidence was taken into consideration when judgment was delivered, and McKenna was awarded £173 compensation, in addition to £125 2s already paid. George Young, who was crushed between a prop and some full trucks of coal and sustained a fractured pelvis, also claimed compensation on similar lines to the claim of McKenna. Dr. Foote said that Young’s earning powers had decreased 25 per cent, and his injury was permanent to a degree, with a projection of about threequarters of an inch in his pelvis. Dr. Will again said that he considered that the injuries would not be permanent, and, allowing for the protruding pelvis, his earning power would not diminish more than per cent. It might be possible for him to return to work in one to four months. Young was awarded £204 15s Id compensation. The case of David Lambert versus the Westport-Stockton Company was settled after the Court had adjourned. Lambert will receive £265 14s compensation for work lost, and compensation for work lost and disablement from spinal injuries received in the Stockton mine last year. WHIPPET RACING HEEFTON CLUB’S EVENTS EXCITING FINISHES AND GOOD TIMES In fine weather, before a good attendance, the Xlcefton Whippet Racing Club conducted a successful and well-managed race meeting, postponed from Easter, and held at the Recfton racecourse on Sunday. Exciting and well-con tested finishes, with good times, were a feature of the meeting. The results were:— Maiden Race —First heat: L. Soloman's Corroboree f, B. Winchester’s All Spirit 2, W. Jenkln's Great Defender 3. Time, 13sec. Second heat; F. McLoughlin’s Orange Pip 1. A. Alexander’s Saunders 2, Miss Dunn's Joe Louis 3. Time, 13 l-ssec. Final: Corroboree 1, All Spirit 2. Time, 13sec. Middle-weight Handicap—First heat; T. Dixon's Our Bell 1, T. Davis's Argyle Lass 2. Time, 12sec. Second heat: W. T. Moyle's Mora Shadow X, W. Cleghorn’s Kefth Lu 2. Time, 12sec. Final: Mora Shadow 1, Our Belle 2. Time, J2sec. No vice Handicap—First heat: L. Soloman’s Corroboree 1, M. Sara's Cousin Jack 2. Time, 12 I-ssec. Second heat: T. Jenkln's Great Queen 1, J. Johnston’s Great Chum 2. Time, 12 2-ssec. Third heat: G. Brooke’s Golden Heather 1, F. McLoughlin's Orange Pip 2. Time, 13sec. Pinal: Corroboree 1. Great Chum 2, Great Queen 3. Time, 12 l-ssec. Griffiths Memorial, open class—First heat: R. Smith's Rea Stejj 1. T, Dixon’s Our Belle 2. Time, 11 3-Ssec. Second heat: R. Smith’s Hector’s Pride 1, W. T. Moyle’s Mpra Shadow 2. Time, 11 3-ssec. Third heat: R. Weeke's Great Chimes 1, T. Davis’s Argyle Lass 2. Time, 12sec. Final: Great Chimes 1, Mora Shadow 2, Our Belle 3. Time, 11 4-Ssec. Second-class Hurdles —L. Soloman’s Lady Moon 1, T. Hansby's Paddy 2, W. Jenkin's Jubilee Queen 3. Time. 13sec. Open Hurdles —First heat; W. O’Neill’s Caliente 1. W. A. Smith's Snowball 2. Time, 12 4-ssec. Second heat; T. Hansby’s Paddy 1, J. McFarlane's Guy Fawkes 2. Time, 13sec. Final: Snowball 1, Paddy 2, Caliente 3. Time, 13 l-ssec. Improvers’ Handicap—First heat; F. McLoughlan's Orange Pip 1, W. Jenkln’s Great Queen 2. Time, 13sec. Second heat: H. Dixon’s Top Sail 1, J. Johnston’s Great Chum 2. Time. 12 4-Ssec. Final: Top Sail 1, Orange Pip 2, Great Queen 3. Time, 13sec. OBITUARY MR WILLIAM WILSON PROMINENT CITIZEN OF HOKITIKA The death occurred on Sunday morning at the Westland Hospital of Mr William Wilson, of the firm of Duncan and Company, and manager of ; the Hokitika Savings Bank. He was 1 one of the foremost citizens of Hokitika. On Saturday he was taken to the Westland Hospital, where an oper- - ation was performed for appendicitis. He appeared to recover from the operation, but heart failure caused his death. Mr Wilson was born at Woodpecker Bay 70 years ago. For many years he was in the employ of the Lands and Survey Department and carried out survey work on the West Coast and Marlborough. After retiring from the Public Service he took over the business of Duncan and Company, Hokitika, and became manager of the local savings bank. He was keenly interested in the advancement of Westland and possessed a fund of historical information about the early days of the West Coast. He was a r prominent member of the Hokitika C Golf Club and Bowling Club. t Mr Wilson is survived by his wife, t two brothers, Mr David Wilson and ® Mr Robert Wilson, and two sisters, Miss Grace Wilson and Miss Maud s Wilson, all of the North Island. The g funeral will take place to-day at the / Hokitika cemetery. 1 ,-. „ v WESTPORT RECORD , \ BROKEN i t f DULLER GOLF CHAMPION’S £ SCORE * R. Hay-McKenzle, the Duller district s golf champion, who last week established f a new course record for the Kawatlri links, 71, lowered this figure by four In a a friendly match on Saturday afternoon, li Hay-McKenzle Is in great form this year, C and Intends to enter for the New 2ea- t land championship tournament. With his E partner of last week. C. Jones, he won e the four-ball bogey match yesterday. In a a challenge for the. Reid trophy, this pair s beat the holders, G. D. Cameron and R. g Nottle. A Stnbleford bogey match was won by v G. Mason, 30, 10—40. from H. Elley, 34, v 14 —38, R, Hay-McKenzle, 34, 3—37, aqd T. n Park, 32, 3—35. a