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DAMAGES CLAIMED FOR GIRL. WELLINGTON, May 8. V illiam James Gibson, as guardian of Leila AV.oods, aged fifteen, is claiming in the Supreme Court £1063 damages. While walking along Devon Street, last October, the girl was struck by a running ear, owned by defendant, and knocked through a fence and the locked door of a house. She sustained serious injuries. The defence denies any negligence in respect to the parking of the car, counsel suggesting interference had taken place. Air Parry. for the plaintiff, however, anticipating the defence that the car moved 25 minutes after being parked, said the defendant had just motored from Alasteifion, and the brakes would be warm; and hold till they cooled. BETTING FINE. AUCKLAND, May S. At the Police Court Harry Saunders, •jl, was fined £lOO for keeping a common gaming house. TWENTY-NINE DIVORCES. WELLINGTON, Alay 8. Di\ orces at the rate of one every five minutes were disposed of by Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court, when tAveAty-ninc ca ses were dealt with. WIDOW AWARDED £lOOO. DUNEDIN, Alay 8. In the Arbitration Court, Ella Muriel Stokes was awarded £lOOO against May Lambert, trading as the Central Shoe Store, for the death of her hushand while in defendant’s employ. Deceased, a boot salesman, cut his finger, and as a result septic poisoning ensued, death resulting from acute septicaemia.
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Grey River Argus, 9 May 1930, Page 8
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