DAMAGES AWARDED.
ACTION AGAINST WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, July 22. Reserved judgment was given by Mr Page, S.M., in the case in which Herbert Innes Dawson sought £IOO special and £2O general damages against the Wellintgon City Council, arising from a collision shortly after midnight on January 23 between -a car and a: corporation cart. The magistrate held that the council had been negligent. The cart had only one light, and it was doubtful if that was alight; also that the light was so placed that there was no opportunity of seeing it from the rear. He assessed the- damages at £lO5.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 July 1926, Page 9
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106DAMAGES AWARDED. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 July 1926, Page 9
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