INJURY WHILE THRESHING
QUESTION OF LIABILITY FARMER. DEEMED EMPLOYER. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.') _ DUNEDIN, Nov. IS. In the Arbitration Court to-day a claim for compensation was brought to determine in the first place a question of liability. The plaintiff was employed on a. threshing mill which was taken by its owner to the defendant’s farm. While at work the plaintiff fell from the top of the mill and was. injured. The question at issue was. whether the mill owner or the farmer was the responsible party, and the Court after evidence had l>een taken decided that the plaintiff was in the employ of the farmer.' The matter of compensation was held over for further hearing.
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 19 November 1932, Page 4
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