TELEGRAMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9480, 7 December 1907, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

ARBITRATION COURT.

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GREYMOtJTH, December 6. The Arbitration Court commenced a sitting this morning. In the compensation case, Charles Codyre claimed £265 for injuries received, from the Union Company. The defence was that Codyre received half wages for some months and then resumed work, signing a clear discharge. Codyre swore that he tried to work for a fortnight, when the doctor advised him to stop, as his leg went back on him. He did not know he was signing a discharge, but thought it was a receipt for an instalment due. After a good deal of evidence the Court reserved decision.

Robert Fraser v. G. Schaef was a claim for £150 for an acciden^ at Schaef s factory whereby he lost three fingers. Schaef, however, took the lad tack at the same wage as formerly. The Court made declaration of liability, and ordered the payment of £4 15s compensation and costs.

In the case of R. Whitesmith v. the King, a claim of £400 for the death of a son killed at the State coal mine, the Court awarded £100 damages, £17 17s costs, and £10 funeral expenses.

In Osbcrne v. Rugg, a claim of £400 for the death of a son through a trap accident, a settlement was arranged for £65 and costs.