COMPENSATION CLAIM.
[BX TELKGBAPU — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. The Arbitiation Court heard a claim by the widow and crippled son of a wharf lumper, Thomas Soleman, who was killed while in the employment of the Union Steam Ship Company. The claim was for £458 ss, representing 156 weeks' ■wages. Soleman was loading cargo on the steamer Mouowai, and when stepping backward he fell over the side of the vessel to a barge below and fractured his skull. Evidence was given that the defendants offered to settle the claim, but plaintiffs' representative re- j fused to negotiate. The court found that the dependency of plaintiffs had been established, and awarded the full amount claimed, less £25 already paid, j
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 8
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119COMPENSATION CLAIM. Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 8
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