DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1939, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

, - CLAIM FAILS ) f

(Per Press Association.—Copyright),

WELLINGTON, February 14

Both on! principle and on authority thy Oogrt of Arbitration, in. a reserved juclguient, held that William Thomas Charles Wort-ley, -a-. Tramway motorman, was not t entitled to succeed in a compensation claim against the Wellington City Corporation.

.. Wertley injured his left knee in August, 1937, when alighting from a moving tram. He bad handed over the tram to another motorman. some stops, further back.

The Court held that Wbrtley re-

mained oil the train entirely for his own purposes and accordingly could not succeed in his claim.

,FEWER CARS IMPORTED

WELLINGTON, February 14

Imports of motor vehicles into New Zealand declined by approximately 9 per. yent during last year,, according to a return prepared by the Comptroller of Customs. The number of vehicles that came into the Dominion was 33,464 last year, as against 36,761, in 1937, a .reduction of 3297. The total for 1936 was 30,265, and for 1935 it

was 20,825. . . . For .the purpose of assessing duty last- year’s imports were valued at £5,429,875, or £356,508 less than, the value for the previous year. The 1937 imports represented a record for the Dominion. The figures quoted represent the current domestic values in the countries of export, plus 10 per cent expressed in terms of New Zealand currency. •