A WIDOW'S LOSS
CLAIM FOE COMPENSATION t FAILS. < (BT TEUMKAn.— PRESS ASBOCUTtOK.I . OAMARU, 3rd August. A case was heard in the Arbitration Court to-day in which Catherine Ann Bolton claimed £750 compensation from the Waitaki County Council in respect to the death of her husband. Deceased was a surfaceman in the employ of the council, and during the performance of hia duties he received an in- f jury to a finger, and septic poisoning resulted. He was admitted to hospital, and died a few days later. The hospital surgeon stated on' the certificate that ' the cause of death was penumonia. The statement of claim alleged that pneumonia was the result of the poisoning of a finger. After hearing the medical evidence, the Court gave judgment for the defen- | dants, holding that the evidence did not disclose that pneumonia was the result of an injury as alleged.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 30, 4 August 1925, Page 4
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146A WIDOW'S LOSS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 30, 4 August 1925, Page 4
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