A CLAIM FAILS
WATERSIDE ACCIDENT
JUDGMENT FOR SHIPPING
COMPANY
; The case in which Charles Phillips, a watersiderj claimed £300 damages, and £30 medical expenses, from the New Zealand Shipping Company, arising out of an accident on the wharf caused through a chute breaking, was concluded, in the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. Justice Keed.
His Honour said that he concluded that the defect in the chute, jot which the plaintiff complained, was probably of a progressive nature arising during the day in which the chute was used. He accepted the evidence that the company had carried out a proper inspection pi the. plant before, it -was used, and said they had taken reasonable precautions to ensure its safety. He gave judgment for the defendant. ' Mr: O. C. Mazengarb appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. .P. O'Leary for the defendant.
. j.-The'. Postal authorities have received cable advice from Sydney that the jlarama which, left'at 4 p.m.. yesterday for Wellington carries 297 bags of mail from Ajigtrilia, 697' from beyond,-iucluding, East W, and-188 pexceLreceptaclea, .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 9
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173A CLAIM FAILS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 9
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