LABOURER’S CLAIM
COMPENSATION FOR INJURY
Christchurch, Aug. 26. A lump of coal falling from a basket while the Waitemata was being unloaded at Lyttelton on July 29, 1926, struck a labourer, Ellis Barraclough. It injured his back and fractured a rib and he has been unable to do any work since. The Union Steam Ship Coy., the owners of the vessel, paid him compensation up to March 6 last but has refused to pay any more. Before the Arbitration Court today Barraclough claimed further compensation. The judge said neurasthenia was a real disease but it was a mental, not a physical, one. Barraclough suffered pain at the time of the accident and there was no actual pain now, but the nerves continued to carry telegraphic messages from the body to the brain. The judge advised him to get out of his mind that he had any physical trouble. The Court awarded him £122 compensation as for wages over 4} months.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 216, 26 August 1927, Page 5
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