Boxer Pays Damages
(N.Z.PA.-ReutOT—Copyright) LONDON. The British boxer, Billy Walker, agreed in the High Court yesterday to pay £2750 damages to a former sparring partner after a shooting accident. The sparring partner, Len Hobbs, was injured when he and Walker were on a wild fowl shoot in Essex in 1965. Hobbs claimed he had been injured as a result of Walker negligently firing a shot gun.
Schools Cricket. Dunedin Schools 157 (J. Macdonald 40, P. Gibson 30, M. Muir i 3: S. Dodge 4/36, P. Ryan 3/38), Australian Schools 99/8 (D. North 51 not out; C. Taylor 4 for 31).
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31576, 13 January 1968, Page 17
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