MINER’S DEATH
COMPENSATION AWARDED (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) j INVERCARGILL, This Day. At the Arbitration Court Mary Francis, the widow of a miner, claimed £750 as compensation from the Linton Coal Company on account of the death of her husband, who was suffocated by gas while working in the mine. The defence denied that the deceased was killed in the course of his employment. The regulations provide that no workman shall be in any part of tho mine other than in the part where he was working. The Court held that it was reasonable to infer that the deceased went for a necessary purpose and was not guilty ~ of misconduct in taking the route he did. A verdict was given for the full amount.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 8
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123MINER’S DEATH Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 8
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